-Ten-faced Paladin
Now for the fun part.
Moon Armada By Ten-Faced Paladin Chapter 3: Amy Vs. Sideways
On the streets of Juuban, Sideways was toering through down the line at breakneck speed. It didn't matter to him. If a human had bad enough luck to get in his way, woe on them. All that would do is relieve the stress he was feeling at that moment in particular.
"How am I supposed to find a mini-con in this heap?" he grumvled to himself.
Sideways let his engine roar before speeding down the streets agin, uncaring of pedestians or other motorists.
At Serena's house, Rini had wanted to show Arvee around town, but Amy had quickly put a stop to that.
"Why not?" Rini asked. "Arvee can stay in disguise."
Arvee quickly nodded with a beep of agreement. Amy smiled and shoock her head.
"True, she could,"Amy agreed. "The only problem is how we would explain a tiny car rather than a tiny robot. Even in vehicle mode she's noticable."
"we can just say she's a remote control car," Rini retorted.
Arvee again agreed with Rini with a shake of her head.
"I'm sorry Rini,but the answer is still no," Amy replied firmly.
"Awww," Rini pouted.
Arvee amde a similar sound in the form of a long beep. Seeing both the tiny girl and the Mini-con so disappointed got Amy to start thinking of a different way to krrp Arvee hidden. Amy gazed at the two and she noticed that they were close to the same size. That gave Amy an idea.
"I think I mkight have a solution," she smiled.
Several minutes and a few articles of clothing later, Arvee was wrapped in some of Rini's jackets and pants. it was a little difficult getting the jacket on bcause of Arvee's forearms, but they still fit eventually.
"Now for the final touch," Amy smiled as she placed a ball cap on Arvee's head. "Now we can at least take Arvee outside. We'll have to test how the clothes work s a disguise."
"Then let's go to Raye's house," Rini suggested. "Not many people go there at this time of day."
Amy thought about that suggestion, "I think that's a good idea."
"Yaay!" Rini smiled. Arvee cheered with a high toned beep that matched Rini.
Lita stood at a crosswalk that ws situated near a travel section of the city. If an Autobot or Decepticon was in the city, it would pass through here sooner or later.
The signal went for pedestrians to begin walking and Lita started moving. She stepped onto the black asphalt, not expecting anything to happen. She didn't even get a chance to blink as a rider dressed in black riding a purple motorcycle roared past her. The tire almost ran over her foot as the wind brushed past her.
"Woah!"she cried as she fell back on her butt. "Hey pal! Read the signals!"
"Eat my exhaust!" the rider yelled before vanishing around a turn.
"What a jerk!" Lita growled as she stood up and brushed herself off.
Sideways felt a little better after almost hitting that human. It wasn't quite enough to shed all of his anger and frustration.
"I'll feel better after I get out of here," Sideways muttered to himself."
Sideways revved his engine again and picked up his pace again. Maybe at the next crosswalk he might be able to actually hit one of the humans.
Amy, Rini, and Arvee were walking up the steps to the temple that Raye and her grandfather tended to. Arvee was looking everywhere excitedly. This was all new to her and it was vastlt different to things she had seen on Cybertron.
"Raye's temple is really cool Arvee," Rini explained excitedly. "You're going to live it."
Arvee clasped her hands together in glee. Only Autobots had been this nice to her before.
Amy held a hand to her chin as she watched Rini and Arvee talk to each other. She couldn't help but feel like they had so much in common.
"You know," Amy spoke. "you two seem to act alike,"
"Really?" Rini asked. Arvee made a similar sounding beep.
"I think you do," Amy replied. "I think Arvee must have scanned you when you woke her up. That might be how she knew where Sam and Serena's rooms were."
"Do you think so?" Rini asked as she turned to Arvee. The Mini-con just shrugged.
The three visitors finally made it to the top of the stairs and Arvee started looking around even more than before. this was nothing like she knew on Cybertron.
Rini suddenly grasped Arvees hand, "Come on Arvee! I'll sjow you around."
Rini then proceeded to drag Arvee all over the grounds, playing thour guide for the Mini-con. Amy couldn't help but laugh as she took a seat on the main temple floor.
Sideways was forced to stop behind a bus that was picking up passengers. This just raised his ire to greater heights.
"I don't have time for this stealth game," he growled.
It was then that he heard it. The language of the Mini-cons. Sideways looked up to the top of a large set of stairs. Underneath an arch of some kind were three humans. At least, what appeared to be three humans. Sideways telescoped his vision and saw that one of the two shorter humans was actually the Mini-con. He watched as the three humans walked pas the arch and onto the area at the top of the hill.
"Gotcha!" Sideways laughed as he reved his engine again.
Sideways' engine roared as he pulled onto the sidewalk, freaking ou several pedestrians in the process, and began riding up the stairs after the Mini-con.
"You're mine!" he roared.
As Amy took her seat, she suddenly heard something that made her heart stop.
"Look out Arvee!" she heard Rini cry in fear.
Amy raced out to thr temple's front grounds and found something that she didn't want to see.
In the middle of the grounds was a man dressed in black on top of a purple motorcycle. He was holding Rini by the scruff of her shirt. She was struggling but the man's grip was like iron. Arvee was to his left lying on the ground in what seemed to be a mix of surprise and fear.
"Dang," the rider sighed. "Wrong one."
"You put her down right now!" Amy shouted at the rider.
The rider turned his helmeted head towards her. "Gladly, once you give me the Mini-con."
Amy and Rini both heard the riders words and if he knew about Mini-cons, then that only meant one thing.
"Autobot or Decepticon?" Amy asked sternly, but the fear could be heard in her voice.
Hmm, Decepticon," the rider replied. "I guess the Mini-con has been talking. The name's Sideways. Now, how 'bout handing over the Mini-con?"
"No way!" Amy cried. "Arvee's my friend and I won't let you take her!"
Amy grasped her henshin stick. If what Arvee told them was true then Sideways was in disguise.
"You do-gooders always have to do things the hard way," Sideways snorted. "just like those dopey Autobots."
Amy knew that Sideways was probably going to transform to try and get rid of her. She would just have to beat him to it. Amy grasped her henshin stick and raised it into the air.
"Mercury star power!" Amy cried out.
"What the!" Sideways shouted in confusion.
Amy was suddenly engulfed in light as she transformed. Sideways had to shield his optics due to the brightness. As the light faded, Sideways was able to see Amy again. The only thing was, where Amy had stood, Sailor Mercury was now there. Sideways was taken back as he saw the sailor scout.
"What...what are you?" he sputtered, having lost his cool for a moment.
"I am Sailor Mercury!" Amy rplied. "A sailor scout and champion of justice. I right wrongs and punish evil and in the name of Mercury, I will punishe you. Now, release Rini at once!"
Sideways shook his head and regained his cool. He wasn't about to let a human transformer stop him from getting the Mini-con.
"Hmph," Sideways snorted. "You really are like the Autobots. Well, since you transformed for me, I'll transform for you."
Sideways began to shimmer as his outfit and helmet began to fade. What was beneath was a dark gray robot that was holding Rini in its metal grip.
"SIDEWAYS TRANSFORM!" he called as he threw Rini into the air.
Sideways then leaped into the air. Amy watched in awe as thhe motorcycle shifted and changed to become a tall body adn the rider became the head. It attatched itself to the spot between the shoulders and the Decepticon insignia appeared on his chest.
'Sideways wasn't just the rider,' Amy thought to herself. 'He was the bike and the rider."
As the insgnia appeared, Sideways caught Rini in his left hand. She didn't seem hurt in any way.
"Now," Sideways laughed. "Let's see what you've got."
Amy charged forward as Sideways aimed his right blaster at her.
"Dumb as an Autobot too," Sideways snickered as he fired.
Amy then leaped over the blast and a surpried Sideways. She sailed over his head and landed behind him, preparing her counterattack.
"Mercury bubble," Amy began as a watery orb appeareed in her hands. "Blast!"
The bubble flew from Amy's hands and collided with the ground just in front of Sideways. As it burst, fog rolled in at an incredible rate. Amy amd Mercury were suddenly ebgulfed in it, hiding them from outsiders and each other.
"Nice trick," Sidewas smirked. "Now where are you?"
Amy, meanwhile, had taken out her mini-computer and began to scan Sideways for any weaknesses.
"There has to be something," she whispered to herself. "Something I can use."
Sideways sighed in fake disappointment, "If you aren't going to come out then I guess I'll just destroy you little friend now."
"Just try it you big jerk!" Rini shouted at the Decepticon. "I've had scarier things than you try to kill me."
"Is that so?" Sideways snorted. "Then I guess I get to do what others failed at."
Sideways aimed his blaster in a random direction and fired a few rounds. It was just fun for him. he didn't care if he hit anything or not.
"You have no idea how powerful we Decepticons really are" Sideways laughed.
Rini glared into Sideways optics.
"I'm not afraid of you."
Sideways returned the glare with equal force.
"You should be."
Hotshot was busy searching for the Mini-con when his sensors alerted him to a laser discharge. He got a readout if the area he found that the source was at a human religiou site. It didn't really make sense.
'It must be one of the Decepticons," Hotshot thought to himself. 'I'm the only Autobot in the immediate area so what's he shooting at?'
Hotshot hit the gas and raced for the religious site. He found it quickly but at the top of a large set of stairs. At the top was a huge bank of fog which could easily fit an Autobot or Decepticon.
'All right!' Hotshot grinned to himself. 'I can transform in that!"
Hotshot jumped the curb and raced up the stairs as fast as his pistons could get him there. He came to the arch and didn't even slow down as he sifted on to his two left wheels and roared right on through. He dived into the fog without a moments hesitation.
"All right!" he cheered. "HOTSHOT TRANSFORM!"
Hotshot landed on the ground with his own two feet. He suddenly heard a gasp of surprise. He looked down and saw a human in a blue and white outfit standing by his right foot.
"It's okay," Hotshot spoke, trying to keep her calm. "I'm not going to hurt you."
The human glanced at Hotshot's left shoulder and she visibly calmed.
"Autobot, right?" she asked, taking him by surprise.
"How did...?" Hotshot sputtered before a beeping sound caught his attention.
Hotshot turned and saw the Minicon he was looking for hiding by some trees. The Mini-con probably told this human about them.
"There's a Decepticon in the fog," the human explained. "his name is Sideways and he has a friend in his left hand."
"Sideways," Hotshot growled as he recalled hhis betrayal.
"Can you see him from here?" the human asked, snapping Hotshot back to reality.
Hotshot squinted into the fog, but it was too thick for him to see anything beyond his own two hands.
"No," Hotshot told the human."I'd be fighting blind and risking your friend out there."
The human nodded and looked back down at a small computer that she was holding in her hands. After tapping a few keys, she turned her gaze back up to Hotshot.
"I've got him locked. Do you have a projectile weapon of some kind?" she asked.
"Sure do," Hotshot smiled. "Let me introduce you to my friend Jolt."
Upon hearing his name, the red Mini-con detatche dhimself from where Hotshot kept him safe during missions. He landed next to the human who seemed to be a little startled at his sudden appearance. Jolt just waved and beeped a small hello.
"Jolt," Hotshot spoke, getting the Mini-con's attention. "We need to powerlink."
Jolt nodded and transformed into a helicopter. He flew behind Hotshot and attatched himself to his back. The rear axle of Hotshot's car form rose up and turned to become a cannon.
"Ready," Hotshot smirked.
"Right," the human nodded. "Here's the coordinates."
She told himwhere to fire and Hotshot obeyed. As he fired, Hotshot hoped he wasn't going to accidentaly destroy a human in the process.
Rini was unable to do anything as she watched Sideways take random shots into the fog. She only hoped that nhe wouldn't hit Rayes house, Amy, or Arve while he went on his shooting spree.
"Looks like your friend ran off," Sideways chuckled. "I don't blame her though."
Rini didn't answer. It wasn't worth her time.
When Sideways hoisted her to face level, Rini thought she could see something in the fog. It was too big to be Amy or Arvee. It was way to big to be them.
'Is it an Autobot?' Rini thought to herself. 'Did the others find one?'
Suddenly, a large laserbeam cut through the fog and nailed Sideways in the back with a muffled explosion.
"Gaahh!" Sideways cried in pain.
The force of the attack knocked Sideways into the dirt face-first. As he hit he let go of Rini, who was knocked forward a bit of a distance. Rini quickly stood up and moved out of his reach.
"Rini!' she heard someone called.
Rini turned and saw Amy running towards her. A giant yellow robot was following her.
"Amy!" Rini cried as she jumped into the older girl's arms. "Is he an Autobot?"
"Designed and built," the robot smiled. "My name's Hotshot."
"Hi, my name's Rini," Rini smiled.
"I'm Amy," Amy introduced.
Hotshot nodded a greeting just before Sideways could be heard groaning and struggling to stand up.
"Not bad Hotshot," he growled. "But I'm not doe yet. TRANSFORM!"
Sideways shifted into vehicle mode and began to race for the edge of the property.Arvee could be seen by the trees right ahead of him. He was aiming to escape and take Arvee with him.
"Arvee!" Rini cried in fear.
Amy quickly reacted and and readied another attack.
"Aqua shine illusion!" she called.
The energy from her attack surged forward and collided with Sideways' front tire. In the blink of an eye, it was frozen solid. A screeching sound was heard before Sideways flipped straight over Arvee and began a long painful slide down the hill.
"Ahhhhhh!" Sideways roared as he crashed down the hill.
Hotshot raced to the edge of the grounds and looked down at Sideways, who was in a heap at the bottom of the hill. Ge was busy trying to get his body back on two wheels.
"Hey Sideways!" Hotshot called. "Having tire troubles?"
Sideways stared a death glare at him. "you'll get your Autobot! You and Mercury both! I swear it!"
Sideways then went into a wheelie and raced away from the temple.Hotshot smiled victoriously before turning back to the two girls.
"Are you two okay?" he asked.
"Yes, thank you for saving me," Rini smiled.
"Hey, it's what I do," Hotshot smiled.
Suddenly, the left of Hotshot was all light as Amy was engulfed in it. Hotshot gaped as the light faded and Amy was revealed in her normal clothes.
"Woah!" Hotshot gasped "A human transformer! That's awesome!"
A small beep came from Hotshot's back as Jolt detatched and transformed back into robot mode. He looked at the smaller girl and waved.
"Kyaaah!" Rini cried in delight.
She raced up to Jolt and and bowed with barely contained entusiasm
"Hi, My name's Rini." she smiled.
Jolt nodded and introduced himself to her. While they got to know each other, Arvee made her way to Hotshot and began to talk to him shyly. As she spoke, Hotshot slowy adopted a look of surprise.
"You want to stay?" he asked in surprise. "I dunno, we'll have to see what Optimus says."
"Optimus?" Amy echoed. "You mean Optimus Prime? He's on Earth?"
"Yup," Hotshot nodded. "He's in this city right now."
"Then I think it would be a good idea if we meet with him." Amy advised.
"I'd have to agree with you," Hotshot nodded. "Especially with human transformers involved."
A/N: How's that for a battle. Amy meets the enemy and kicks his butt with a helping hand from Hotshot. More stuff to come so be patient.