The moment we've all been waiting for has come, at least for those of us who watched the 1986 animated movie.
I better say this too: I am just a guy with a degree in accounting and an odd fascination with science-fiction, medieval warfare, fantasy and the Bible. I am in no way an expert on modern warfare. I have zero combat experience in real war so please be gentle with me as I write my battles? I do my best but Wikipedia may not always be right. Try not to nitpick on the nitty gritty details alright? Like F 22 Raptors can't be launched from Aircraft carriers, which type of missiles are meant for Air-to-air, air-to-ground, difference between HEAT and Sabot, effective weaponry of tanks, capabilities of M1 Abrams tanks, A-10 Warthogs, the range of F-16 Fighting Falcons, or even how effective Japanese military really is (very effective I'm told despite their constitution forbidding warfare). Bear in mind, this is a fan made story.
You may be interested to know that Tolkien WAS a soldier in WW2. So was Frank Herbert the writer of Dune, which is why the military settings of their books were considered very realistic. Not so for George Lucas, who proceeded to make the farce that was Star Wars 1,2, and 3. Sadly I belong to Lucas' category since I ain't a soldier as well.
Sigh, number of reviews plummeted recently but like I said, I appreciate the few loyal reviewers that consistently support me. Galen, Dragonman, Isumo, Screaming Dean, Fortune Hunter, Musichowler, and Elconquistador, thanks you all.
Chapter 28: Endgame part 1The huge green ball of energy shot out of the upgraded cannon held by an Autobot size Kasumi and Bumblebee then intercepted the vicious head of the Key to Vector Sigma flail as Megatron swung it at them. The energy ball and flail head clashed in mid air and for a few seconds, actually stood still in mid air as they contended with each other. A huge buffet of wind was created from the clash with the force of a hurricane nearly swept all of the surrounding Decepticons and Autobots away as they were already blinded by the energy ball's flashing green light. Then the green energy ball pushed forward and gradually consumed the Key Flail in its sphere….
………. and exploded. If anyone could see, they would have been astonished as when the energy sphere exploded, instead of spreading shrapnel all over the place, it divided itself into eleven energy flows heading at different directions. Each energy flow hit Optimus Prime, Prowl, Jazz, Ironhide, Ratchet, Hound, Elita, Arcee, Chromia; two even shot out to the sky over the city and into Omega Supreme and Wheeljack. The Autobots were in awe as every one of them was rejuvenated, whatever wounds they had sustained were not only fully healed, they started to register new abilities in their bodies as well.
Megatron in contrast, screamed as silver energy tendrils started leaking out of him like blood than evaporating into the air. At the same time, Starscream, Blast Off, Brawl and three of the Constructicons cried as pieces of the Key to Vector Sigma they had used to convert Earth's machinery into drones melted and evaporated into the air, causing extreme pain to them.
"NO! NO! NO! THE POWER! IT IS MINE! YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME! YOU CANNOT TAKE AWAY MY DESTINY! THE KEY! MY DESTINY!" Megatron screaming did nothing to stop the Key To Vector Sigma's energy from leaving him, the Decepticon leader even started shrinking. He had absorbed too much of the Key's energy that his own natural body was capable of sustaining. Without the Key as a part of him, that unholy excess of energy was being rejected by his body like a disease. Decepticon leader felt like a heroin addict who was going through withdrawal. Moreover when the Key's energy evaporated into the air on his skin, it felt as though he was being roasted in a foundry.
Eventually the pain stop as well as his shrinking and Megatron dropped to all fours, breathing in huge gulps of air to make up for screaming nearly five minutes. Optimus Prime also opened his eyes as the Matrix's energy that engulfed him finally dissipated along with the extraordinarily comfortable warmth. He looked at his brother and was surprised to see that Megatron was back to his old size. He was still bigger than Optimus at thirty-five feet but at least he wasn't the size of a gestalt anymore.
"Nooooooo. The power…… it……. is…….. gone…….," for the first time in his long life, Optimus actually heard sorrow in his brother's voice. To his own chagrin, he could actually find sympathy in his heart. Still feeling slightly sore and stiff, Optimus pulled his upper body to a vertical position while still sitting on the ground. Despite everything Megatron had done, all the pain, hatred and anger had vanished as he heard his brother's anguish. In the end, Megatron was no different from a spoilt child whose favourite toy had just been taken away from him forever.
Kasumi and Bumblebee breathed a sigh of relief at the now de-powered Megatron. They looked at each other in amazement again as they were now the same size. Kasumi oddly, was still enveloped by a soft green and glowing aura. As if it wasn't enough, the Exo-suit had somehow been restored, fully functional and in pristine condition. Then a grin split Bumblebee's face.
"You know Kasumi, I always thought you were a little too thin and should put on more weight but seriously, this is a little too much," the yellow Autobot teasingly said.
Kasumi frowned and raised her hand, which cancelled Bumblebee's grin and he closed his eyes as he waited for the slap to come. Instead, she brought her finger down on Bumblebee's forehead, right at the Autobot symbol then flicked her finger at it.
"Baka. Never talk about a girl's weight," Kasumi said playfully, a bright smile gracing her features, making her even more beautiful as the sun shone down on her brown hair, face and her Exo-suit, making her shine brightly and as a result, melt the Autobot's Spark. The two looked at each other lovingly but just as they both started to draw their faces to each other, to their disappointment Kasumi began to shrink back to her size. Both of them said, "Darn it," before Kasumi finally reverted to her normal size standing on Bumblebee's left hand which was still holding the cannon. The cannon reverted back to its original design as the Matrix was 'ejected' from the body and the Tendo sister, also the Autobot's appointed steward of the Matrix, held it in her hands again and quickly placed it in her backpack. They then focused their attention back to Megatron and Optimus.
"It's over Megatron. Let's go home," Optimus said quietly.
Megatron lifted his head and looked at Optimus with venomous eyes. "Oh I'll go home alright, once I have you scrapped as my spare parts! DECEPTICONS! BLAST OPTIMUS TO SCRAP!"
Nearly all of the Decepticons recovered their sight at this time and did as Megatron ordered, focusing their weapons on Prime. All except one, Blast Off, who had done more than gawk at Megatron shrinking and was taking note of all of his surroundings, which included the fallen Autobots who had now stopped glowing from the Matrix's energy and were now shining as though they were newly created yesterday.
"Everyone watch out!" Blast Off shouted but even for him it was too late; nearly every Autobot sprang to their feet and dealt a powerful uppercut to the nearest Decepticon. In Blast Off's case, Jazz used his arms to propel his legs upward and kicked Blast Off's chin. All the Combaticons except Blast Off and Brawl fall back on their butts. Brawl managed to catch Blast Off's warning in time and steadied himself even as Prowl smashed his head upwards. The remaining three Contructicons and Blitzwing were shocked and instinctively aimed for the nearest Autobot rather than Megatron but quick as lightning, Arcee, Jazz and Ratchet had moved to them and sliced off their weaponry with their close combat weapons. All the Autobots then stood in at the opposite sides of the street with Kasumi, Bumblebee, Optimus and Megatron in the middle, facing the Decepticons outward with their weapons pointing at the surrounding Decepticons.
The Decepticon Seekers and air drones above were about to focus fire on Optimus Prime but suddenly found themselves the receiving end of a barrage of missiles from the east. Starscream in particular was hit by six missiles that were too powerful to be Chinese technology then realised that they were AIM types; American missiles.
The cold hand of fear gripped his spark as his sensors and radar started working and told him what was coming from the east. He couldn't believe them and turned his optic sensors to confirm what he was sensing.
The moment he lifted his eyes skyward, eleven F 22 Raptors with the Stars and the Stripes emblazoned on their wings, zoomed over his head. Followed by twelve F-15 Strike Eagles with emblem of the Rising Sun, twelve J-10 Chengdu Strike craft with the Red Star symbol and 12 Sukhoi SU-30s with white wings emblems on their bodies.
"WHAT IN THE PIT! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!" Starscream screamed. Then his mouth dropped as he saw the next thing fly past him: a flying Italian corvette car with wings and turbo boosters jutting out of its trunk, spitting smoke out of its tail pipe as it zoomed past Starscream's face.
"WOOHOO! EAT MY SHORTS STARSCREAM!" Tracks shouted as the confused Decepticon sputtered and spat out the black smoke from his face.
Megatron actually looked comical as his still vicious looking jaw literally dropped at the impossible sight before him: the aircraft of the world's three main squabbling superpowers flying side by side along with the Japanese. Followed by a flying Autobot that was reputed to be an even bigger loudmouth than Jazz. "Impossible, there is no way the Chinese would ally with the Americans or Russians! And what is Tracks doing up there?!"
Optimus looked like a cat that had ate the canary and merely shrugged. "What can I say? Kup must have used his universal greeting to unite them. How did it go again Bumblebee?" the Autobot leader said as he tried to remember.
Bumblebee laughed. "I believe it was…… Bahhh Weeepp Graaaa Now…. Weepp… Neeeeniiii Bom. Though how he offered them Energon goodies to them is beyond me."
"Actually, I did manage to make some Inari just before we came to Beijing. Prowl apparently predicted he was going to die in the next battle and scrounged for the ingredients for me to make them on the way to Beijing. It was a rush job but I did manage to make at least six pieces, of which Prowl took two," Kasumi said.
"So that's what you were doing when you asked for a private moment with Arcee, Elita and Chromia. I thought you had to….." the yellow Autobot suddenly blushed as he realised he was treading dangerous waters.
Kasumi laughed at Bumblebee's expression. "It's OK to talk about a woman's menstrual cycle with me Bumblebee. For your information, I've already had it since the day I serviced you," she said sweetly, embarrassing the yellow Autobot further. "In any case, Kup must have offered the remaining four as a peace offering to the their representatives."
"WHAT! YOU UNITED THE WORLD'S SUPER POWERS WITH A FUCKING PIECE OF FOOD!" Megatron shouted in pure shock.
Prowl growled. "You're talking about the greatest piece of sushi rice wrapped in fried tofu skin in the entire galaxy, Mega-Chump. You should have made her cook for you while you had her instead of torturing her."
Just then, Soundwave lumbered into view. Everyone, even the Decepticons wanted to laugh as the Decepticon's head was effectively gone. Instead, Ravage, Ratbat and Laserbeak had stuck the half chopped body of Frenzy into where Soundwave's head should have been to act as Soundwave's head. The result was Soundwave's monotone voice coming out of Frenzy's small mouth.
"Warning Megatron. Strong energy signatures detected. Detecting US, PRC and Japanese SDF land forces in the east, Russian land forces from the northwest. Incoming American, Chinese, Japanese and Russian aircraft, ETA one minute!" Soundwave said.
"STARSCREAM YOU IDIOT! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT ANYBODY FROM ATTACKING ME FROM BEHIND! GET YOUR USELESS ASS IN THE AIR AND GET RID OF THE AIR FORCES!" Megatron raged at Starscream.
"THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR SAVING YOU FROM THE DARK GUARDIAN! THAT DOES IT, I'M CHALLENGING YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DECEPTICONS WHEN THIS IS OVER!" Starcream screeched. "DECEPTICONS! TRANSFORM!" he screamed as he transformed into his F 22 Raptor mode along with the five seekers, Blitzwing and nearly one hundred of the remaining air drones.
The four squadrons of American, Russian, Japanese and Chinese aircraft led by Tracks had already turned around to engage the newly transformed drones. Tracks cursed as there were still a significant number of the drones along with the seven flying Decepticons, Starscream, Blitzwing, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Thrust, Ramjet and Dirge.
"OK you hotshot pilots, surprise is over. We caught them with their pants down but now playtime is over. Stick with me and do not break formation: their numbers is also their weakness. You've seen them fight: they couldn't do teamwork if their lives depended on it."
"Roger that Tracks. Eagles Squadron acknowledged. This is it boys and gals, time to avenge Sparkplug's death," Captain "Spike" Witwicky said grimly, remembering his team mate who had disappeared along with his F-22 a year ago.
"Tiger wing ready for battle," Lieutenant Wong Fey Hong acknowledged.
"Raijin Squadron acknowledge," Captain Kurosaki Ichigo said.
"Hammer Squadron acknowledge," Captain Alexandrei Stukov acknowledge.
"Trailbreaker! You ready?!"
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A hundred miles away, a dark grey A-10 Warthog lead another seven of its American comrades. The air around him was thick with aircraft heading for Beijing: F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-18 Super Hornets, Shengyang J-11s, MIG 29s, various Russian fighters of Sukhoi manufacture, even Taiwanese Indigenous fighters as all responded to China's call for help. It was a sight that would confuse and drive made any political analyst in the world. The grey Warthog suddenly sprouted an odd looking gun which had a huge radar dish at the base of the barrel and aimed it at the battle ahead. (1)
"Your protection is up. Good hunting Tracks. And for goodness sake, please scan an aircraft for goodness sake! Nobody flies a car in the air to fight!"
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"Let's teach them the meaning of fear!" Starscream snarled as he and four of his drones engaged the F22 Raptors. Instead of using his missiles, he opted to use the disruptor cannon Megatron had modified him with to replace the Vulcan mini-gun he previously used. To his horror, when the purple ray was about to hit the first F22, it was stopped by an orange energy shield that covered the entire aircraft. The F 22 Raptors responded by shooting its AIM 120 AMRAAM air to air missiles at Starscream.
"NO FAIR, THEY'VE GOT SHIELDS!" Starscream screamed as he barely evaded the missiles, forgetting that he still outnumbered the forty-eight allied craft plus one flying car and that his drones had the advantage of advanced weaponry. (2)
Thus began the first even engagement Earth's finest pilots fought with the Decepticons. The drones and Decepticons could transform and were more manueverable than the Earth fighters but they were now led by Tracks, whose combat experienced fortunately matched his mouth and pride while Trailbreaker even from a long distance, could project powerful force-fields anywhere he wanted in various shapes and sizes. For the Warthog Autobot, protecting forty-eight fighters was child's play.
On the ground, the ground based Autobots and Decepticons, along with Kasumi and the rest of the NWC, watched in wonder at the ongoing air battle, which would probably be the greatest aerial battle in Earth's history. Then a terrible roar was heard, a roar which shook the Decepticons spirits as the colossal form of Omega Supreme thundered towards them, with Wheeljack's head poking out of the hatch next to Omega's head.
"Oh yeah, let's get ready to rumble!!!!" Wheeljack gleefully shouted as his own shoulder mounted cannons appeared.
"CONSTRUCTICONS UNITE!" the front-load shovel known as Scrapper shouted before the six Constructicons merged to form Devastator. They merged just in time for Omega to ram Devastator into a nearby building. This prompted the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons to start fighting. Blast Off and Brawl suddenly realised they were now outnumbered.
"Combaticons fall back! ALL TANK DRONES CONVERGE ON MY POSITION!" Blast Off shouted as he parried his axe with Elita's long blade.
"It doesn't have to end this way. Stop your fighting now and we can end this without anymore bloodshed," Elita said as she fought with Blast Off.
Blast Off replied, "As I've told Optimus, I chose my path long ago, now I must follow it to the end."
Elita shook her head. "This offer will stand until I disable you."
Ironhide, Hound and Chromia once again focused their firepower towards the air while Elita, Prowl, Arcee and Jazz fought with the remaining Combaticons. Brawl and Blast Off were furiously trying to get the other three Combaticons to properly fight together instead of fighting alone, which they knew they would lose as the other four Autobots' fighting skills far exceeded theirs individually except for Brawl and Blast Off. The battle between them became really heated as numerous army vehicle drones began to converge on their fight.
"Ravage, Laserbeak, Ratbat, commence operation…." Soundwave started to say.
"Hey lame wave! Don't you know how to speak English properly?" Bumblebee taunted as he charged at Soundwave, energy sword in one hand, guns blazing at his right arm cannon and shoulder mounted missiles, and a high powered laser rifle armed Kasumi hovering over his right shoulder. Ravage roared and flew into the air in panther mode heading for Kasumi along with Laserbeak and Ratbat.
Kasumi sighed then transformed her rifle and took out her beam sabre. "Let's sic-em tiger!" she then uttered a battle-cry of her own that would have rivalled Akane's anyday and charged at Ravage.
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As the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons engaged their respective battles, Megatron and Optimus Prime started to stand on their feet, the Decepticon leader glaring daggers at Optimus.
"At long last Megatron, now it's just you and ME! No more cheating, no more interference," Optimus snarled.
"No Prime, it's ALWAYS BEEN JUST ME! I WAS THE ONE WHO DID ALL THE FIGHTING REMEMBER?" Megatron spat back.
"Yeah yeah yeah, I get it, you did all the dirty work, I was the politician, yadi yadi yada. I know your blame game by heart now. I'm not going to bother listing my own share of battles since you've chosen to conveniently forget that I fought too. Nor am I going to list all my training since the last time you trashed me on Cybertron," Optimus said.
Megatron smiled maniacally as the two faction leader started to circle each other, still bare handed and yet to transform their weapons. "You still remember the Battle of Tiger Pax where I humiliated you? And still you dare to fight me now? You're in for a serious whopping, BABY BROTHER!!"
"We'll see who is whopping who in the end. You've destroyed everything that you've touched Megatron. One way or another it ends now. At this end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall," Optimus said grimly as he put himself into a karate guard position.
"NO! I'LL CRUSH YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS!" Megatron roared then rushed forward to Prime, claws outstretched to crush Prime's head. Prime shook his head at Megatron's total lack of technique then promptly moved aside to trip Megatron, who then fell face first onto the street. He then grabbed hold of Megatron's neck and back with both hands then lifted the larger Decepticon into the air. He threw Megatron face first into the pile of rubble where the Decepticon leader had earlier thrown Ironhide. This resulted in Megatron's head being partially buried into the rubble.
As Optimus moved towards Megatron, the Decepticon leader's legs suddenly kicked his own even as Megatron's head was still buried in the rubble. Optimus fell to the ground with a grunt then Megatron head burst out, his eyes blazing with insanity as a five-foot long spike elongated from his left hand and stabbed at Optimus' chest. The Autobot leader grabbed the wrist with both hands to prevent the spike from piercing his chest but then Megatron's right claw arm grabbed Optimus Prime's throat.
"That all you got brother?! Does tripping me up sum up your skills?" Megatron snarled as he tightened his grip around Optimus' throat and at the same time, tried to push down the spike into his chest.
"Actually…. NO!" Optimus shouted as both of his legs kicked at Megatron with enough force to push Megatron over Prime's head. He then quickly cartwheeled forward before Megatron, whose hand had transformed into a flail again, swung the flail's head where Optimus' head had been and smashed it to the ground.Optimus then faced Megatron warily as his own right arm became a power axe again.
"You're too weak Prime. You always were even when you fought," Megatron as he wielded his flail against Optimus, this time with more skill than his berserker like fighting a moment ago. Similarly, Prime was skilfully fighting and parrying with his axe, trying to find an opening to attack Megatron.
"Come on Prime. I'm going to hope you're smarter than this. Why risk your life so recklessly?"
Optimus bristled. "That's a question you should ask yourself Megatron."
Megatron snarled then attacked Optimus ferociously, forcing the Autobot leader to concentrate fully. Both no longer said anything, perhaps they were tired of persuading each other. The two were oblivious to the battle around them. Megatron did not forget Prime's words: that only one of them would stand at the end of this battle. However, he could not understand how his brother, the epitome of peace, could become such a ferocious fighter and still be a proponent of peace today.
It was obvious Megatron had not been spending enough quality time with Kasumi.
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Meanwhile the battle was turning against the Autobots once again as the Combaticons regrouped with their drones and were now driving the Autobots back.
Jazz was frustrated to say the least. "I don't get this. Everytime we get a break, that weird God of Kasumi's makes us go through hell again. Why can't we get a permanent good break for once?" Jazz whined as he pierced the chest of his Nth tank drone only to face two more. The next two were then decapitated by Arcee as the pair took turns to face the drones along a narrow street.
"Suck in your gut soldier and hold the fort! Help is on the way!" Arcee said as she ducked under a tank drone stupidly swinging his gun arm at her instead of shooting. The drone was then thoroughly frozen by Jazz's freeze ray. Arcee then smashed the hilt of her falchion at the middle of the tank drone's chest and the drone's frozen form broke into many pieces.
Both of them had then had to block Brawl as the huge Decepticon suddenly charged at them. He used his left shoulder to ram into the two. Arcee crossed her falchions while Jazz pushed with his shield as the two were hit by Brawl. The two Autobots winced as the larger Decepticon pushed them back, even when they dug their feet into the ground trying to stop Brawl from advancing.
"Come on, that the best you can do?!" Jazz shouted as he furiously pushed his shield against Brawl with little effect.
"VORTEX! NOW!" the helicopter Decepticon flew over their heads to transform behind them. Just before he transformed however, they heard a cry.
"WHERE THE HELL AM I NOW?!" Ryoga shouted then caught sight of the Decepticon above him about to transform. "WHAT THE…. SHI SHI HOKODAN!"
"AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!" just as Vortex transformed into his robot mode right on top of Ryoga, the lost boy immediately launched a huge chi blast right into the Decepticon's crotch. The chi blast actually continued to penetrate the Decepticon up until inside his abdomen, causing parts of his lower body to explode, including one of his legs.
As if that wasn't enough, Ranma also appeared, looking none the worst after being batted aside by Megatron and falling forty stories. The pig-tailed martial artist launched a huge chi-blast of his own, which penetrated Vortex chest and destroyed the chest armour there, exposing his Spark and at the same time pushing the Decepticon to fall on his back. Vortex cried and writhed on the ground, both hands clutching his crotch. His eyes suddenly widened in fear as Ryoga and Ranma appeared on his chest, before his unprotected Spark.
Ranma sighed then stood aside. "You wanna do it? I already killed twice already and find I don't like it very much."
Ryoga scoffed. "You always were a wuss Ranma. Fine, I'll do your dirty work this time but you owe me BIG! Especially for that confession to Akane! I was suppose to do that before you!"
"OK, OK. But just so you know, I think it's time you told her the identity of her dear little P-Chan. After today, I'm not going to hide any more secrets from you, even if it breaks my oath to you," Ranma said grimly as he folded his arms.
Ryoga looked like he wanted to launch another Shi Shi Hokodan at Ranma but instead shouted, "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" as he touched the rapidly blinking red Spark of Vortex. Vortex screamed as his Spark exploded into stardust, effectively killing him and sending him to the afterlife. "Fine Ranma, but only because I'm more honourable than you!" This only made Ranma roll his eyes but he still accepted the word of his friend, making a mental note to protect him from Akane later.
"VORTEX!" Brawl shouted then in a tremendous display of strength, savagely pushed the two Autobots forward. The two Autobots leaped backwards, landed gracefully on their feet then both of them had to parry with Brawl's spiked mace as the Decepticon now fought with a berserker like fury.
"You guys need help!" Ranma shouted.
Jazz gave Arcee a leg up then she leaped into the air and kicked Brawl's head while Jazz swung his sword at Brawl's left leg. The Decepticon cried in pain as his left leg was chopped off and he fell to the ground. He swung his mace upward but Arcee landed with both legs pinning Brawl's mace arm to the ground. The silver Autobot then did the same to Brawl's right gun arm. Both of them then cut off Brawl's two arms.
Brawl moved his stumps furiously and tried to get up but paused when he found one of Arcee's falchions and Jazz's sword pointed at his chest.
"Enough Brawl. You've lost. You can stop fighting now. You don't even need to fight. It's over Brawl. The war ends today," Arcee said quietly.
The huge Decepticon started to protest and then paused as his sensors started to pick up something entering the city of Beijing at nearly every direction. A lot of somethings. And those somethings were definitely neither Decepticons nor drones. For the first time in his long life, amazement filled Brawl's angry heart instead and he looked in disbelief at the two vastly smaller Cybertronians who now had his life in the palms of their hands.
"How did it come to this? Our Lord Megatron's mandate was so clear, so right, so magnificent. Our race was destined for greatness, to be unite and rule over the universe! To have it all brought down by some…. Japanese housewife. Where is the justice in this?" Brawl wondered aloud, a hint of depression creeping into his voice.
Being philosophical was one of the last things Arcee and Jazz expected from the Decepticon warrior. "Justice is precisely why you lost. If it makes you feel better Brawl, you can call our victory a Phyric one. The Key is gone, our race cannot control the Matrix as we did in the past anymore. Actually I'm not sure if the Key can even control the Matrix now. You've seen the power of the Matrix, it moves with a power of its own. Kasumi regards it as a gift from her God, which Optimus testifies is the same as Primus. Perhaps she is right; our two worlds have something in common after all."
Brawl sighed. "God, Primus… if they were so magnanimous, why is our race almost dead? Why was the human race already steering towards the road of self-destruction long before we came here?"
"Perhaps that is why we were created in the first place. To meet this fascinating race and learn from them as much as guide them to greatness. By doing so, maybe then, we can atone for the sins of our race. The humans have a saying. 'God works in mysterious ways. His plans are only known to Him, all we can do is have faith.' As crazy as it sounds, after everything that has happened, I'm beginning to believe. Everything that has happened to date was not by accident. It was only made possible by Kasumi's faith," Jazz said, seriously and in proper English, prompting looks of disbelief from Arcee and Brawl.
"The end must be nigh, Jazz is being serious," Brawl actually chuckled then noticed Arcee's look of disbelief turn to admiration. "You know Arcee, you could do with worse."
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!" Both of them said at the same time. They looked at each other in surprise then looked away bashfully.
"Seriously. Alright, enough of this. I will let you know that even though I didn't agree with Prime's leadership, I always respected you Autobots. But I gave an oath to serve Megatron to the end. I cannot break that oath until Lord Megatron releases me. Like hell that's going to happen. Take my life now and be done with it. I do not ask for mercy; only a warrior's death," Brawl said with a sense of finality.
Arcee shook her head. "Seriously, must you males be so macho even until death? Sorry Brawl, but as our leader Optimus Prime commanded, no Decepticon will be killed if possible. Mercy is just what you will have to expect," she said grimly.
Brawl's eyes widened. "What do you mean… AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!" he screamed as Jazz proceeded to shoot his freeze ray at his chest. The Decepticon's body temperature became close to sub-zero, forcing every function of his body to shut down and go into stasis lock. Eventually Brawl's body became, for all intents and purposes, like a block of ice with a Decepticon in it. Jazz then placed a small device like a can on the ice block. The can suddenly opened up and covered the entire block of ice with a rubbery material.
"That should hold him for a couple of days," Jazz said, rubbing his hands as he surveyed his handiwork.
"Indeed it will," Arcee said softly. She then looked at Jazz who suddenly found the floor very interesting.
"You know, its amazing that even the veteran Decepticons respects you. What you said about us Autobots coming here to help humanity grow was also insightful, it even touched Brawl's Spark. If I may say so Jazz, you're amazing."
Jazz's face was now so dark it could have been mistaken for being black. "Aww, it wasn't a popularity contest you know. I would have wished to be popular in other ways instead of being a fighter or searching for the perfect female to be my woman, which up till your arrival, I thought would be an alien as I thought all of the females of our race was gone."
He felt a hand on cheek and let Arcee move his head to face hers. She smiled then bent forward. Jazz thought his circuits would overload but she merely put her mouth next to his ear and said, "We'll discuss the prospect of a relationship after the war is over. For now, I will say that I am honoured to be your comrade as well as the subject of your admiration." She then kissed Jazz on the cheek then turned around to transform into her Porche mode. "Coming Jazz?"
The silver Autobot put his hand on his cheek, smiling like a fool before transforming into a Mazda RX 7. OK, I've used my head for far too longer than is natural. Let's go kick some butt!" he shouted as the two raced to the nearest Decepticon.
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Prowl fought alone as usual, against Swindle and Onslaught, both of which decided not to engage the Autobot up close and personal despite outnumbering him. The cowards sent their drones against him in close combat while both of them used their considerable firepower at a distance instead. The Autobot snarled and was forced to divide his attention between cutting up the drones with his right hand claw and with his left hand, shot at the distant Decepticons when he had the chance. There were times when the two were even willing to kill their own drones to damage Prowl when he was wrestling with one and it was blocking their line of fire. All in all, the Autobot veteran was rather unhappy.
"We're all still going to die," he said miserably then transformed into his police car mode and raced towards the two Decepticons, weaving in and out of the tank, APC and IFV drones who futilely tried to catch him.
The two Decepticons' eyes widened then both began to back away as the Autobot rapidly closed the distance, occasionally transforming, slicing and shooting at the drones and them before transforming again. The two panicked then Swindle said, "That's it, I'm outta here. Nobody said anything about losing when joining the Decepticons," and with that, Swindle transformed into his IFV mode and drove away leaving Onslaught alone.
"Swindle! You coward, don't leave me alone!" Onslaught screeched as the IFV sped away. He made the mistake of turning to look at his retreating his comrade with both gun arms still stretched forward firing at Prowl. When he looked forward again, he saw Prowl crouching on both of his arms. He watched in horror as Prowl's claws came out of his knuckles.
"Silly Decepticon, you never stop looking at your enemy until they're all dead," Prowl shook his head then swiped both hands together, cutting off Onslaught's head and putting the Decepticon into stasis lock. He then jumped forward and kicked the Decepticon's back, which resulted in the decapitated Decepticon falling forward to his front.
He sighed as the drones around him still stuck the programming their masters had planted on them then proceeded to play a game of "smash the mindless zombies". None could match his agility and skill, let alone his extremely quick thinking which allowed him to always calculate and execute the most efficient and effective attacks.
The Autobot was still waiting for the sky to fall on him though given that the war was still not won yet.
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"Wooooohoooooo! I'm the man, I'll be the last man standing! He who fights and runs away, lives an extraordinarily long life, that's what I always say!" Swindle happily sang as he sped away from the centre of the city where the main fighting was taking place. The Decepticon knew that the battle was turning against the Decepticons and at the first sign of Autobot victory, decided to turn tail and run. He would run and take his skills and technology to the central Asian countries where he hoped to ally with the backward nations there.
"SO LONG, SUCKERS!" he shouted as he hit a junction turning left that would lead to a highway leading out of Beijing and go west.
He stopped suddenly as his IFV entered the highway. He couldn't believe his vehicle mode's optic sensors and transformed to look with his own eyes.
The entire highway as far as his eye could see, was covered with tanks. And not just ordinary tanks. Top line American M1 Abrams tanks as well as Chinese Type 99 Main battle tanks. Escorted by US Marines. All armed with sabot rounds weaponry. At least twelve tanks and over thirty soldiers at the front of the massive column were currently aiming their weapons at him.
If Swindle could, he would have peed in his pants but instead he made a whining voice as he shakily backed away to run the opposite direction but then found a blue Pontiac Solstice behind him transforming into an Autobot.
"Nice.Decepticon.lose.lose.lose.surrender.will.let.you.live.not.kill.you.please.please.please.stop.fighting.don't.like.fighting.myself.will.treat.with.energon.goodies.be.friends.Bah.weep.graa.nau.weep.niinin.bomb?" Blurr said in lightning speed, which further confused Swindle. He suddenly had the bright idea of taking the blue Autobot hostage and lunged at him, seeing that Blurr had no weapons.
Just as his claws were just one centimetre away from Blurr's face, Swindle found himself grabbing thin air with Blurr leaning to his right side. 'Impossible, nobody can move that fast', he thought as he swiped his right hand at Blurr only to find air again as Blurr appeared behind him.
"Please.please.please.please.please.American.impatient.to.slag.you.give.me.three.chance.to.make.you.surrender.second.time.already.please.please.pretty.please.with.sugar.on.top?" Blurr pleaded.
The thought of surrendering to the smaller Autobot infuriated Swindle and he momentarily forgot he was facing a large contingent of tanks while he wildly slashed with his claws at Blurr, who moved so fast you could see traces of his image as he moved from one spot to another. "SURRENDER TO A FREAK LIKE YOU! HAHA! LIKE HELL I WOULD!"
Blurr became alarmed as several green dots appeared on Swindle's body along with the targeting lock of multiple tanks and MLRS. He sighed.
"Fine.See.ya.Bye.ya.wouldn't.wanna.be.ya," Blurr said as he waved goodbye to Swindle. The Decepticon lunged at him but Blurr disappeared.
Leaving Swindle facing the tank division. He finally registered the laser markings that were on his body.
"EEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed as more than ten tanks fired directly into him, followed by wave after wave as the first line of tanks moved forward and passed by Swindle to make way for the tanks behind to get a shot.
To be continued……….
(1) I thought of making Trailbreaker an SUV or four wheel drive but I decided it's more practical for him to be a military vehicle. At least I made him an A-10, otherwise known as the slowest fighting aircraft in the US Air Force category. And also the most heavily armoured with the biggest frigging gun as well. Transformer hardcore fans, don't flame me please.
(2) Silly Starscream, he has Robotech like fighters at his disposal and still complain about low-tech Earth fighters whose only advantages are energy shields protection.