Chapter 19: Who are those Autobots?
AUTHOR'S NOTE: From now on I've rated this fiction T for teen to be safe because of scenes of robotic death and limb severance. This fic still won't contain any bad language, drugs, sex or other adult related themes, just scenes of war.
"Come on you slaggin' Decepticon cowards! I'll fight you all….AAHHH!" Ironhide foolishly stuck his body up to taunt the Decepticons; he should've known better the veteran he was. His left shoulder was almost shot off & the wound looked very serious.
"Ironhide stay down, I thought you knew better."
"Sorry Optimus, but if I'm gonna die than I sure as heck gonna let the Decepticons know that I ain't afraid to die especially at their hands…"
"Quiet Ironhide, let me patch that up for you!" said Wheeljack as he slid back his hand into his arm and out popped one of his many patching tools to heal wounded on the battlefield.
"Look they're behind us!" yelled Springer, two sweeps and four seekers followed by several heavy assault Decepticlones had gotten behind Optimus' position, they were preparing to kill them all with their bare hands.
"This looks like the end Optimus…"
"It's never over Ultra Magnus, as long as I have a drop of Energon in my body I will destroy every last one of these Decepti…." Optimus suddenly froze in confusion:
A Sweep fell down into Stasis Lock, his arm severed, then a green Seeker too fell down into Stasis Lock a second after, both Autobots and Decepticons tried to make out who the assailant was however another two Decepticons fell without ever finding out.
"What the heck is doing this?" shouted Thundercracker.
"I don't know I can't see it!" replied Scourge, he suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned to see some strange robot say:
"Peekaboo!" and the stranger gave a right hook to Scourge, the Decepticon fell with a dented face and part of his metallic beard missing, he tried to find the attacker but he was again gone.
"Sweeps, find and destroy this coward who refuses to show himself!"
"Coward? Well sorry you feel that way Deceptigoon but I'm right here!" the attacker again magically appeared right in front of Scourge and he gave a sweeping kick to the side of the temple.
But before this stranger could go on the attack again, he found himself being surprised, Skywarp the sneaky Decepticon teleported right behind him.
"You're not the only one with that trick!" grunted Skywarp as he grabbed the mysterious robot from behind, for the first time people could see him long enough to take his appearance into account.
Judging by his size he is most likely a standard Autobot soldier like Jazz, Prowl, Sideswipe, etc. He was red in color with patterns of mustard colored yellow in some areas, as for his face he had the traditional Autobot diamond shaped blue optics and a facial mask like Optimus.
However Skywarp had just finished looking at this stranger when some metal line wrapped around his waste and pulled him right off of his victim. The person armed with this metal rope was slightly taller than the guy he saved, his face was handsome looking, he had a blue visor with a traditional mouth and nose, his helmet was flat around the sides with a crest on the forehead and curved at the top, however as handsome as he looked he was…very rusty, he had a crane like device attached to his right arm, he swung Sykwarp around with a good feat of strength until he started using Skywarp as a club, smashing random Decepticons as he clubbed them with Skywarp.
"YEEEHAAAAAAA!" shouted the mystery Autobot over and over like a cowboy.
He clubbed a Decepticlone with Skywarp and then knocked three Sweeps right out of the sky as he threw Skywarp at them, all four Decepticons fell to Earth with a heavy blow.
Without a care of what happened to Skywarp, the handsome but rusty robot ran over to his colleague.
"You okay buddy?"
"Yeah I'm fine thanks, where are the others?" asked the red one.
Arcee was fighting for her life, the three Insecticons Kickback, Bombshell and Shrapnel ganged up on her and toyed with her.
"Well, what do we have here? A defenceless Femmebot, femmebot."
"Indeed Shrapnel, how about we tear her up and eat her insides for breakfast? Breakfast" replied Kickback.
"I must warn you Decepticreeps do not mistake my gender for weakness!" Arcee cautioned as she suddenly to the surprise of the Insecticons launched an attack using CQC (Close Quarters Combat) methods of fighting to floor Bombshell then counter a punch by Shrapnel.
But Three on one was never a good thing no matter how well you could fight on your own, Kickback using his high powered legs kicked Arcee in the back, it sent her about twenty feet away. The three annoying Decepticons realizing the tide had turned advanced with intent to kill. However like Optimus, Arcee was about to have an unexpected savior; skillfully and acrobatically an unknown Transformer jumped between Arcee and the Insecticons and with one fell leg sweep, all three Decepticons were on the floor.
In the confusion Arcee finally decided to get up and ready herself for more fighting.
"Thanks, whoever you are!" said Arcee, her companion looked at her, she was sky-blue color, very nice looking and on her face she had oval like Optics, lips matching a woman's and two lines running down her cheeks, past her optics and onto her chin.
"Well you know, us girls have to stick together!" the blue femmebot replied, Arcee felt Déjà vu but soon forgot about it; the Insecticons were now angry and confused and they could see that.
"Two Femmebots? Femmebots; How annoying!" growled Bombshell.
"No matter, they're only puny female Autobot weaklings, weaklings!" replied Shrapnel.
The Insecticons again went on the attack, but to their (nasty) surprise the two femmebots countered everything they tried to attack them with, Arcee managed to steal a gun out of Kickbacks hand and shoot him with it.
"Grr, enough its time I finished this, eat Cerebral shell puny females!" shouted Bombshell and out of his head cannon shot out the same shells he used to take over the minds of the Omega Sentinels.
But the blue Femmebot again skillfully dodged the attack. Then to Bombshell's horror he felt someone tapping into his memory circuits for a change.
"Ahh my head, head; what is happening?" he screamed.
"Well I don't need any fancy 'cerebral shells' to tap into your puny brain!" replied the blue Femmebot, she was holding up her right hand and at the suggestion of the raised hand, the Insecticons keeled over in pain, Arcee didn't know it but her friend was wirelessly sending out electronic viral waves that allowed the person to take over any computer operated system, both inanimate and sentient machines, in other words she was telepathically taking over the minds of the Decepticons and when they finally submitted to her they stood still waiting for commands.
"Alright Bombshell, both Kickback and Shrapnel say that gun on your head makes you look like a nerd, Kickback, the others say those big legs of yours make you look fat and Shrapnel…they just think you kiss Megatron's rear plates." Said the blue Femmebot.
All the Insecticons in unison said:
"They said WHAT?!" and in an instant they all started fighting with themselves like an immature schoolyard brawl.
"Wow, that was amazing!" said Arcee.
"Well it goes to show: Girls will be girls and Men will be… well need I say it?" And they both laughed.
"Well I am sorry you feel that way…" came a sneering voice "But if that is true then how come you Female Autobots are on the verge of extinction and we Males are the one who rule this planet and soon the Male Autobots will soon be joining you two in the history books!" shouted Starscream as he hovered to the ground smiling wickedly as usual "Insecticons, I'm disgusted in you that you could not beat these female weaklings!"
The blue Femmebot realizing danger tried to launch an attack with her foot in an amazing acrobatic kick, but the Decepticon caught it with ease, as wimpy as Screamer sometimes seemed, he should never be underestimated in battle. He lifted the blue femmebot off the ground and slammed her back into it.
"No!" winced Arcee.
"Well my good friend Arcee, it looks like it's your turn to be eradicated!" said Screamer, he equipped a standard Decepticon Energon saber ready to dice Arcee to pieces.
Just as Arcee was about to see the saber cut right into her head between the Optics, she was shoved to the side, somebody was again trying to save her, when she looked she saw a large red robot, the size of Optimus blocking Screamer's saber with his arm, it didn't even scratch the paint.
"Where I come from, it's criminal to assault women, perhaps your mother didn't teach you any manners!" said this new Transformer.
Starscream looked at him and wincingly said:
"P-Prime?" this unknown foe was Red with silver legs which had tires sprouting from them he looked almost like Optimus in the face but his helmet was a mix of Ultra Magnus' and Optimus' helmets. (If you know what Armada Optimus Prime looks like, this guy looks similar to him)
"Not exactly, call me Mr. Manners!" and this hulking Autobot punched Starscream right in the face with a left hook, the Decepticon flew a hundred feet, his systems malfunctioning from the force of the blow.
"That was for these fine ladies!" said the red Transformer.
Starscream came to and knew this Autobot was too much for him, with a punch like that even Trypticon would have to be careful of this guy.
"Mark my words Autobot, for that I will enjoy ripping your spark out with my hands but not today, I have a battle to lead!" and the Decepticon transformed & flew off looking for easier prey.
"Thanks big red" said the blue femmebot just recovering from her date with the pavement.
"Who are you two? I've never seen you both ever!" asked Arcee.
"Well, let's just say we're friends with Optimus and the Autobots." Said 'Big Red'.
"Ironhide for Primus sake I told you, keep behind cover!" shouted Prime, the old Autobot warrior was again acting the hero, he killed three Decepticons with his bare hands (and it was not a pretty sight to robots) until the inevitable happened, a heavy Decepticon assault mech (a basic assault drone with no sentience) blew Ironhide's chest right open with a shot from its rail gun.
"IRONHIDE!" shouted Optimus, he tried to run to save him but the Decepticon fire was too heavy "Frag it, Machine gunners suppress those Decepticons!"
"We can't Optimus sir" shouted an Autobot manning a stationary laser machine gun along with a few others "There are too many, we're the ones being pinned!"
"No…Ironhide please don't die, not after all this time you've been fighting by my side, some bots that have died deserved life more than anybody else and you're on of them please hold on!" said Optimus to himself.
"Optimus we gotta do something, I've known Ironhide all my life, who will I exchange war stories with?"
"Don't worry Kup, perhaps Primus can give us a miracle for once but we've all learnt that miracles when facing Decepticons are an utter fantasy."
Optimus would get his miracle, he heard two engines from above roaring onto the scene, a bridge above had managed to stay intact and from above two vehicles went over the edge, nothing could be seen of them except the underside of the vehicles, but only for a second, the two vehicles transformed. As they landed, they were basically swimming in Decepticlones.
One of the robots was dark blue colored, his face looked like Kup's, the grooves in the metal displayed age, his optics were not the standard Autobot Diamond shape, they were sort of rectangular with a point at the bottom (like on the Masterpiece Optimus figure).
As for the other 'bot he had a very light blue color scheme. His face was like a standard Autobot, Diamond optics, nose, mouth but his helmet was unique, it had a sort of 'arch' look to it for on the top was a thin piece of metal pointing out of one side, flatly arched at the top and joining on the other side of the head, the most distinguishing feature however, was two sinister looking blades on his forearms with hooks at the end.
"More mysterious Autobots, Who are they Wheeljack?"
"I dunno Optimus, I've looked in all my databases and nothing comes up on those two, but I doubt I'll need to, they're completely surrounded by Decepticlones, they'll be ripped to shreds in seconds!"
But Wheeljack for once was wrong. The dark blue robot with an almost boxing like technique battered Decepticons with his fists; five went down with their faces concaved in & then arming a shotgun type weapon blew more groups away with each shot. The lighter blue robot sliced Decepticlones like cheese; he skillfully cut the arms and then legs of an unfortunate Decepticlone.
Ironhide lay still, only his head was tilting, he was getting ready to meet Primus but he saw the two random Autobots slaying Decepticlones with ease.
"What in tarnation?" he uttered and before he knew it the two robots had fought their way through to Ironhide.
"Don't worry old friend, I'm a doctor I'll have you back on your hydraulics soon." Said the dark blue robot as he kneeled down next to Ironhide, his friend continued to slice up Decepticlones.
"I wouldn't count on it Doc, this wound is fatal, I'll be dead in minutes!" replied Ironhide.
"Don't worry Ironhide, I'm used to beating death at his own game in fact I've beaten him every time!" and the Doctor inserted his hands into Ironhide's open wound, Ironhide could feel dozens of smaller fingers touching his insides, the Doctor had many medical instruments eject from his fingers, they reconnected wires, repaired computer hardware and connected broken metal joints back together.
Ironhide could feel himself getting better and once the Doctor was finished, he covered the open wound with a liquid metal, it almost instantly solidified as Ironhide's armor was again completely intact (except for the color, the newly laid metal remained silver).
"Is everything okay?" asked the other robot as he kicked a Decepticlone away.
"Yes everything is fine; keep me and Ironhide safe as I get him back to Autobot frontlines!"
"You got it!" and the light blue Autobot again made short work of Decepticon clones with his blades.
"Come on Ironhide I'll get you back!" said the Doctor, he helped Ironhide to his feet.
Ironhide protested as he wanted to destroy Decepticons, but he winced at his pains as his wounds still limited his maneuverability. In a few minutes the three fought their way back to Autobot lines, Optimus and Kup greeted Ironhide with hugs and hand shakes.
"You two saved Ironhide, I have much thanks to give you both. Remind me to promote you both and give you an increase in Energon rations, such bravery, skill and regard for others should not go unrewarded." Said Optimus.
"Yeah I second that, I'd give you my right arm as thanks, but the elbow is a little cranky so I doubt you'll want it!" said Kup.
"Well shucks, don't mention it." Replied the robot with the blades.
"Thanks you Optimus but right now I think I'm needed elsewhere, Wheeljack where are the wounded?" asked the medic robot.
"Y-you know my name?" asked Wheeljack.
"Of course, but for goodness sake I need to be where the wounded are, lead me to them I may need your help!"
"Do as he says Wheeljack, we need all the medics we need to aid the wounded, go take him there and help him, if he can do to the others what he did for Ironhide then I'm sure he could be of great help!" ordered Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack saluted and told the other medic to follow him.
"Hey Strip, good show out there!" the two mysterious Autobots from before came up to their blade equipped comrade.
"Hey Kid you're not doing bad yourself." He replied.
"You know each other? Who are you all?" asked Kup.
The three strangers looked at each other and laughed, but trouble was coming their way BIG trouble. Omega Sentinels, all eight of them still under Decepticon control were sent to crush the Autobot front lines once and for all.
"Oh no, we're done for now!" said Ultra Magnus.
"I'm afraid that may be the case." Replied Optimus
"Well this is no other place to retreat to Autobots, STAND AND FIGHT!" shouted Optimus.
The Autobots laid down heavy automatic fire at the Sentinels, it didn't do much but it seemed the fire was heavy enough to make them advance more cautiously. The small red robot and his handsome friend however ran towards the sentinels on his own.
"Wait, come back!" shouted Optimus "What the heck is he doing?"
"Aw dang that hot head!" said the bladed robot, he too ran after the sentinels trying to get his friend back.
"Ultra Magnus cover me! I'm going after them."
"Optimus are you crazy?" but it was too late, Optimus too ran out.
"Aw slag…Autobots covering fire!" ordered Ultra Magnus.
"Oh yeah, this feels amazing!" shouted the cocky red one, he was armed with dual double barreled pistols as he unloaded machine gun fire into one sentinel.
The rusty Autobot had his tow line wrapped around the arm of a Sentinel and tried to pull him down…but of course these sentinels were massive and the sentinel threw the rusty Autobot round and round like a nasty person swinging a cat around by the tail, sensing he was in big trouble the rusty 'bot let go of his tow line and fell to Earth (or Cybertron rather) and when he landed his leg fell off.
"Aw shoot, its hard to be a robot when I'm falling apart like this!" he said, he then drew his leg closer to the socket it separated from and his self diagnostic systems connected the leg back in its original place.
He tried to get up but then found himself falling over, he looked at his leg to see what the problem was and then realized he put his leg on the wrong way round, his foot was facing backwards!
"Aw fer' crying out loud!" he shouted.
Meanwhile his red friend was doing better, for now. He actually had managed to bring a Sentinel to his knees, how he did this? His hands had slid into his arms and in place of them there were now electricity conductors, these weapons emitted an impressive display of electricity, each arc of lightning as thick as a tree slammed into the Sentinel, that much concentrated electricity must've measured somewhere between 75,000 to 100,000 volts to bring a Sentinel down.
"I must say that is a trick I love to bits!" he said.
"Kid, KID! Get back here. Those things are too much for you!" the robot with the blades finally caught up.
"Aw come on, nothing is too much for me, Li…" but before he could finish his sentence, the Sentinel he was pinning with electricity rose to his legs and prepared to stomp on him, but before he could Optimus as always came to everyone's rescue and just like he did with Bruticus, he caught the foot of the Sentinel and kept it at bay.
"I must admit for a robot with you skill you sure don't know when you bite off more than you can chew!" Optimus grunted as he heaved and hoed to keep the foot away.
"Allow me to help Optimus!" shouted the rusty robot, he hooked his line around the other leg of the Sentinel, the one he was using to stand on the ground, he pulled and and Optimus pushed.
With an almighty crash the Sentinel fell to the floor with an almighty crash. But it was not over; the other Sentinels were advancing upon the four stooges now.
"Aw slag does it ever end?" said Optimus as he gathered the three strangers to run back for the frontlines.
However Wheeljack returned, with Arcee, the Medic he took with him and the same two other strangers that saved Arcee from Screamer and the Insecticons followed by hundreds of repaired Autobot warriors.
"W-where did all these Autobots come from?" said Optimus reaching back to the frontlines with his three friends.
"Optimus, you won't believe it! This guy repaired all these Autobots in minutes he was amazing! Even Ratchet would be impressed." Wheeljack referred to the Doctor that saved Ironhide.
"That's good to hear Wheeljack but with these Omega Sentinels on top of us we're done for!" replied Optimus.
"Wait those Sentinels are under Decepticon control right? I mean they were Autobots before but now they're being manipulated?" asked the blue femmebot.
"That is correct, their memory was planted with Cerebral shells by Bombshell and there is no way we can get up there to reverse it and their armor is too thick for us to destroy." Said Optimus.
"Then perhaps I can bring them back under Autobot control!" and the blue femmebot again raised her hand.
The Omega Sentinels stopped, they started struggling with the fight inside their heads, but it didn't take long for they had no will like other Cybertronians, the blue femmebot bought them back under Autobot control.
"There, they're Autobots once again!" she said.
"How did you do that?" asked Prime.
"I'll tell you later, just tell them to attack the Decepticons!" the Femmebot shouted back.
"Of course, Omega Sentinels help Omega Supreme and destroy any Decepticons that get in your way!"
"As you command Autobot leader Optimus Prime." The eight Sentinels then turned their arsenals…and their feet on the Decepticons below, many were crushed and vaporised by their mighty arm cannons.
Omega Supreme was in bad shape, his armor was heavily damaged, his visor was almost destroyed and he was being teamed up by Predaking, Piranacon and Abominous (Abominous is the merged form of the Terrorcons) Predaking clawed at Omega as his comrades held Omega's arms in place and hundreds of smaller Decepticons fired at full Auto at Omega, these were small in damage but they slowly wore Omega's armor away. But then the Sentinels came to the rescue, they blasted the three combiners away.
"Omega Sentinels!" shouted Abominous in terror.
The Sentinels formed a defensive wall around their commander, Omega realizing that the sentinels were on his side again dished out the most obvious order:
"Omega Sentinels, destroy Decepticons!" and they did just that, inflicting high casualties among the Decepticons.
"Autobots, with the sentinels back on our side along with Omega, the time to counterattack is now! Form on me and fire at will!" ordered Optimus.
"Wait before you do let me help!" said the big red Autobot that saved Arcee before.
On his chest was a metal grill, like what you would see on the front of a truck, it opened up revealing eight missiles stored in his chest, he fired all his ordinance in unison, the eight missiles landed right in the middle of the Decepticon hordes, they let off a massive EMP blast, hundreds of Decepticons must've fell on the floor lifeless, in the middle of the Decepticon army there was a huge gap of motionless soldiers.
"Thanks a lot, our job is so much easier now!" said Optimus "Alright Autobots ATTACK!" and Optimus lead the charge, all Autobots near his vicinity that heard his command followed him into battle with Optimus right at the front, like a king on his horse leading his men right into the battle of the old days both wounded Autobots and the six strangers that helped them.
Decepticons were in shock and confusion, how could the Autobots be attacking after the hammering they took? As the Autobots closed within range the Decepticons and Decpticlones were met with intense fire and fists. They found out that the Autobots fought like demons, Decepticons fell by the dozens and then the hundreds, the Autobots were fighting with such ferocity, no other battle in Cybertronian history saw the Autobots fight like this in fact some Decepticons fled in terror.
"What is happening? My forces are yielding to inferiors!" shouted Starscream flying above in jet mode (just like Prime and the others that were on Earth, Starscream also retains his eyes and mouth in vehicle mode)
"Because Starscream you fascists will never understand how hard Freedom lovers fight for their independence!" it was Jetfire! He too retained his eyes and mouth and in jet mode he stared at Starscream with a vengeful look, they were former friends now turned enemies after Starscream betrayed Jetfire by giving their scientific creations to the Decepticons, this became the null ray and space bridge technology which the Decepticons now today used to great effect.
"You're a fool to challenge me in the air Jetfire, I'm the greatest ace in Cybertronian history!"
"Oh really Starscream? My air to air missiles think otherwise!" and Jetfire released a missile which struck Starscream in the tail fin.
"AAAHHH! I'm losing altitude!" he screamed and to make things worse a Decepticon officer on the ground radioed in.
"Starscream come in, we're being slaughtered down here! The Autobots are counterattacking and the Sentinels have turned on us. To make things worse our forces to the North have fell to the Autobot relief force and are attacking our left flank, we must pull back now before we're flanked and destroyed!"
Starscream saw the Sentinels blow away Decepticons and counterattacking Autobots fighting with great determination, however he was more concerned for himself as Jetfire struck a critical blow to him, to save his own life he had only one choice.
"Decepticons fall back, we must get away before our exposed flank is attacked and before those sentinels can blast us to pieces!" the Decepticon fled at high speed, Jetfire resisted the urge to pursue, Autobots needed air support and now.
Decepticons on the ground fled as well, they tried to escape Autobot fire but some were not so fortunate to do so. In a couple of hours the last of the Decepticon forces had retreated or been taken prisoner as the Autobot relief force arrived.
"We did it Optimus, we saved Iacon One from falling to the Decepticons!"
"Yes Ultra Magnus, today has been a great victory. But at the same time today has been a great tragedy as well, thousands of Autobots perished in this city and the city itself has been damaged or razed, but still it is our hands and it would not have been this way had it not been for those six mysterious strangers. We have much to be thankful for them, where are they anyway?"
"Right here Optimus." Prime turned to see all six standing there.
"Ah I am glad to see you're all in one piece after this tremendous battle. I have heard many things about what you six did, you saved Arcee, you saved Ironhide's life and you reinforced my position when it was surrounded. You also showed great bravery under fire for Autobots I've never seen fight before, speaking of which no one here has even seen you before, please state your names!" asked Optimus eagerly.
The smaller red Autobot stepped forward.
"Well Optimus, you don't know it but you actually do already know our names and we're not actually from Cybertron…"
"Not from Cyber…. Oh my Primus! The Earthlings, where are they? I hope they survived the battle!" said Optimus in a panic.
"Relax Optimus…they're fine!" replied the small red robot.
"H-how do you know?" asked Optimus.
"Haha, well because they're right here!" said the red robot, lifting his arms, suggesting they were nearby.
"Where? I don't see them" replied Optimus.
"Jeez for an advanced robot he sure ain't bright!" whispered the handsome but rusty robot to the blue femmebot who in return smiled and rolled her optics.
"Well how about we show you instead of keeping you guessing…"
Optimus and the Autobots watched on in awe, the six strangers began to transform and as more of their vehicle mode could be seen, they revealed that they were none other than Lightning McQueen, Mater, Sally, Doc, King and Mack! They all smiled and chuckled as for once they saw the Autobots staring in amazement at them.
"Like you Optimus, there's more to us than meets the eye….Ka-choooww!" said Lightning, he flashed his lucky sticker as well shining it in the optics of the Autobots.
"You six? You were the ones that single handedly turned this battle around? But how?" asked Prime dumbfounded "How did you become…Transformers?"
"We were 'transformed' by something called 'Vector Sigma' in the core of Cybertron" said King.
"Of course! Vector Sigma, but how did you reactivate him?"
"Some Autobot named Alpha Trion." Said Sally.
"Alpha Trion? Is he safe?" asked Optimus.
"No….sorry Optimus, but he gave his life to reactivate Vector Sigma for us. He was nearly beaten to death by Megatron…." Said McQueen but he was stopped by Optimus.
"Megatron that dirty retrorat! He has the nerve to lay his hands on a respected Cybertronian like Alpha Trion…but no doubt Alpha Trion gave his life without a reason, he sacrificed himself to give birth to six new Transformers that would save us and Iacon one am I correct?"
"Yes, Alpha Trion knew we could help you and so asked Vector Sigma to give us the power to do so, he also asked us to give you his farewells and thanks." Replied Sally.
"Yes…." Prime looked into space "Thank you Alpha Trion, your sacrifice saved the entire Autobot cause, just like you did in the war against the Quintessons fifty million years ago……and thank you all you six. Your actions really helped turn the tide of the battle today."
Doc approached Optimus again, but unlike before he approached him with respect and honor.
"No Optimus it should be me saying thank you, for everything you have done for Earth before you were abducted and I also want to say that I am deeply, deeply sorry for everything that I ever thought about you, your men and your ideals. Your presence in the universe is a great symbol of freedom." Doc then transformed back to robot mode, he held out his hand, gesturing a hand shake, Optimus gladly embraced it and shook it wildly.
"Doc, you would have always had my forgiveness no matter what you thought. But after today I can also give you my thanks, many thanks."
"Yeah chief, I'm sure glad to know that a fellow old guy like me is looking out for me!" said Ironhide embracing Doc's hand as well.
"Yes Ironhide, we old folk have to look out for each other." Replied Doc.
"Hey what about me? I helped save the day as well!" said McQueen in a gesture of attention, Doc and Ironhide in unison replied:
"Arrogant young punk" they looked at each other and laughed, they were like each other to a tee.
Within the hour, everyone was back on Earth inside the Ark:
"What the heck man! You all got turned into robots? If I'd known this was going to happen I would've went man!" shouted Ramone jealously at McQueen in robot mode.
"Oh honey, what have you done to yourself?" asked Mrs. Weathers.
"Don't worry Mrs. Weathers." Said Optimus holding King on the shoulder "Your husband helped save Cybertron and possibly the universe because of his new look. You should be proud of him!"
"Oh of course I'll always be proud of my husband, but I told him not to go, he knew he was going into a warzone but would he listen? No…" as she continued ranting King and Optimus looked at one another and laughed.
McQueen transformed & smiled as he looked down at his new lucky sticker. Where the 95 sticker was above his right fake headlight sticker was replaced by the Autobot symbol. Sally's tattoo on her boot was also replaced by the Autobot symbol, Mack's baseball cap that sat on the top of his truck mode also bore the Autobot symbol instead of the Rust-eze logo, Mater had a symbol made so it looked like it blended in with his rust placed on his doors, King had the Autobot symbols replace the 43 symbols at the front of his bonnet right in front of the Dinoco sign and finally Doc had a small silver Autobot symbol displayed on the tiny bit of metal that stuck out on the front of his bonnet.
"Wow, these symbols are what I call Ka-chow!" said McQueen.
"Yes Lightning and with these symbols you now display, I now call you honorary Autobots and I am proud to call you my brothers in arms. With these new symbols you also show people that you are fighters of peace and freedom wherever you go."
"That's real nice Optimus and thank you for these honors, however we're still just civilians." Said Doc "If you wouldn't mind I have a busy life, I'm a doctor, a judge and Rookie's crew chief and I have a lot of responsibilities in normal life never mind fighting a war against aliens from another planet."
"I understand completely Doc I never asked any of you to enter our war to fight for us; you may all live your lives as normal if you wish. However I must remind you this is now Earth's war as much as it is Cybertron's and the Decepticons are many and we are few, there may come a time when we need your help again my Earth Autobot friends."
"Yes I know Optimus, I don't want to fight but I sure as heck will help repair your teammates when they've been injured in battle." Smiled Doc.
"Thank you Mr. Hudson that would be most helpful of you!"
"Please your not under any sentences any more Optimus call me Doc!"
"What about us Optimus?" asked McQueen.
"What about you?"
"What can we get to do as Autobots?"
"You mean you want to stay with the Autobots?"
"You bet Prime, like you said this is Earth's war as well now and I'm ready to beat the Decepticons at their own game just like I can beat them on the race track!"
"Easy little one, are you sure you want to stay and fight for the Autobot cause? I agree with Doc I think it would be better if you went back to your normal lives."
"We can't Optimus, before we left for Cybertron, our houses were raided by Police and agents from the FBI and CIA. This is the entire Decepticons fault and its time I gave them a piece of my tires!"
"He's right Optimus" said Ultra Magnus "This planet is still very hostile towards us and no doubt if McQueen and his friends had been caught they would've been detained and questioned, its time we got out there and got our name out if we want to operate effectively."
"Yes Ultra Magnus, its time we went to the leader of this planet and talked to him about the Autobots and Decepticons."
Well there you go, Lightning and friends are now Transformers cool huh? But how will they feel fighting on the battlefields? And the Autobots now wish to speak with the president himself will this get them into trouble? Anyway as a treat I decided to do something special. If you've seen or collect Transformers toys you know that they come with 'Tech Specs' this details their strengths, weaknesses, etc so I deceived to do some for the six new Earth Autobots for you ;)
Name: Lightning McQueen,
Allegiance: Autobots,
Function: Earth origin Autobots team leader,
Motto: "I create feelings in people that they themselves don't understand. And its usually fear in the Decepticons."
Strength: 7.5
Intelligence: 5
Speed: 10
Endurance: 8
Rank: 7
Courage: 10
Firepower: 8
Skill: 10
A native of planet Earth, McQueen along with five others was reformatted by Vector Sigma into a Transformer. While he's cocky and arrogant at times, ever since moving to Radiator Springs he's become more caring and selfless, qualities he displayed when he aided the Autobots in the battle of Iacon One. Likes to do everything in style just like his Autobot rival Jazz. With new Cybertronian technology and powers, Lightning in vehicle mode can attain sub-sonic speeds of 800mph! In robot mode, can almost create the illusion that he's teleporting when in fact, over short distances he can travel at sub-light speeds! He can also combine that with good strength, able to lift three heavy freight trucks with one arm, armory includes dual double barreled pistols which form his exhausts in Car mode, also equipped with Electric conductor rods which pop out of his arms and can melt internal circuitry with electricity as strong as 50,000 to 100,000 volts.
Weaknesses: McQueen still young in life has a lot to learn and been thrown into a war, he will need the help of more experienced fighters and he has shown he's not willing to be told what to do. Also his powerful ego can sometimes lead him to believe he's invincible because of his dazzling speed, he may be fast but there are faster Decepticons….
Name: Sally Carerra,
Allegiance: Autobots,
Function: Earth team scout,
Motto: "Living life in the fast lane is similar to fighting a war. You're never truly happy until you slow down and you see that fighting for peace is a beautiful thing."
Strength: 3
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 9
Endurance: 7
Rank: 5
Courage: 8
Firepower: 2
Skill: 7
Not a fighter at heart, Sally was nevertheless fused with great knowledge on Cybertronian fighting techniques by Vector Sigma. She chooses to fight by the side of the Autobots because she feels the same way about her motto as she does about war: fighting for peace is a cause worth dying for. Physically the weakest of the Earth Autobots, this should not be considered a liability, her great combat prowess makes her great at hand to hand fighting, unfortunately this leaves her poor in the firepower department, her only weapon being a standard Autobot pistol, Sally however is also greatly intelligent, so intelligent she is capable of telekinetic mind control, taking over Decepticons minds at will, in vehicle mode can attain speeds of 400mph.
Weaknesses: As mentioned Sally is physically very weak, so to make up for this, she uses fast paced combat maneuvers to wear down and cripple a Decepticon in his weak point. While she can take over the minds of other transformers, this ability is easily countered with enough firewall programming.
Name: Mater,
Allegiance: Autobots,
Function: Earth team recovery operative,
Motto: "Where there are friends that need help, I'll be there to tow 'em"
Strength: 9
Intelligence: 3
Speed: 4
Endurance: 5
Rank: 4
Courage: 10
Firepower: 8
Skill: 10
Mater, while considered a bit of an eyesore, can be the best friend you'll ever make. A fun loving guy who likes nothing better than tractor tipping and whipping Decepticon tail with his tow line. Mater is excellent at doing everything backwards (maybe because his mind IS backwards) especially driving, because of this Mater is impossible to sneak up on from behind rendering Decepticon sneak attacks useless and his tricks with a tow cable, using it as a whip or grabbing Decepticons and using them as a club, Mater is a car with great skill and abilities. Capable of great feats of strength, Mater can lift 500 tons without straining a circuit and has a shoulder mounted missile which can fire warheads with ten ton's of TNT over a distance of fifty miles.
Weaknesses: Mater's poor rusted body often limits his endurance in battle to a minimum, can often be seen falling apart. Also his poor intellect limits his decisions in battle and makes him an easy target to smarter Decepticon opponents.
Name: Doc Hudson,
Allegiance: Autobots,
Function: Earth Autobot team medic,
Motto: "Age should never be mistaken for weakness, great things can be learnt with age and time and that can help in winning the battle."
Strength: 8.5
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 8.5
Endurance: 7
Rank: 6.5
Courage: 9
Firepower: 7
Skill: 9
Doc is a neutralist, at first was more resentful towards the Autobots rather than the Decepticons, but after Autobots showed him respect and willingness to save others, Doc changed his tune and even saved an Autobot life, with this to his credit, Vector Sigma filled Doc with the knowledge of Cybertronian history, sciences and medicines. Now an Autobot medic/scientist and overall encyclopedia of knowledge, Doc uses his wisdom to help others around him and when the time comes, fight. While not as strong as Mater and Mack, Doc seems to favor a Cybertron type of boxing fighting style which he uses to punch through 12 inches of Cybertronian titanium with ease. He is also armed with a Energon Shotgun, capable of ripping Decepticons to shreds at close ranges and armed with thermo charge grenades. However his real skill comes in repairing the wounded, his body is full of repair machinery that (no matter how damaged) can bring an Autobot back to his feet in seconds.
Weaknesses: Doc is probably the most balanced fighter of the Earth Autobots and his presence on the battlefield could greatly help the Autobots, unfortunately his neutralist attitude leaves his off the battlefield helping wounded, leaving his great combat abilities to waste.
Name: 'The King' Strip Weathers,
Allegiance: Autobots,
Function: Close combat assault specialist,
Motto: "Freedom is something I will never allow an evil force like the Decepticons to take away from me, my loved ones and my planet. I will fight for it with unyielding resolve."
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 7
Speed: 8.5
Endurance: 10
Rank: 5
Courage: 9
Firepower: 2
Skill: 8
While King is similar to his childhood hero Doc (old and wise, helpful & selfless) unlike Doc, King is always at the front of a battle. A car and robot of few words, he still upholds the values of friends, family and peace, that is why he fights for the Autobots against the Decepticons as a representative of Earth. In robot mode, he uses the tailfins on his car mode as hooked blades that slice through Decepticon metal like butter; he is also relatively fast so he uses stunning blade combos to finish an opponent in seconds.
Weaknesses: King favors close quarters combat and hand to hand fighting so he is severely lacking in the firepower department. Also he can sometimes get too thick in the action which leaves him cut off from the help of teammates, despite his strong beliefs in teamwork.
Name: Mack,
Allegiance: Autobots,
Function: Earth team heavy assault & fire base,
Motto: "I'm big but I'm as gentle as Bumblebee. Only the Decepticons need fear me!"
Strength: 10
Intelligence: 5
Speed: 3
Endurance: 10
Rank: 2
Courage: 10
Firepower: 10
Skill: 7
Mack is big and incredibly strong and endurable, so much so his strength has been compared to Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme. Mack is also incredibly Modest and gentle which is why he's usually picked on by the more immature Autobots, but when it comes to Decepticons Mack is a force to be reckoned with. His armor can deflect small arms fire and withstand melee weapons and is capable of protecting Mack from heats as hot as a sun. He is also armed with dual Energon grenade and missile launchers, combined with EMP bombs stored in his chest. His punch can level a small skyscraper and cause a mini shockwave in the ground.
Weaknesses: It is easy to presume Mack has no weaknesses and in terms of physicality this is true, but his great modesty and gentleness can limit his effectiveness on the battlefield, when it comes to killing a Decepticon despite him being a robot, will he still have to willpower to take his life away?