I'm skipping the Headmaster episode because I don't like him…and I keep forgetting his name. Dork…making us gamers look like idiots with his constant chatspeak… I'm also skipping the space barnacle episode, because it's a filler, in my humble opinion. Bleh.
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The Autofans had discovered Nijira in their base long after Swoop had left. The older fans were all for kicking her out into the street, but Sigma wouldn't allow it. They needed the previous Deceptifan leader now more than ever.
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"So, that's all the info I can offer to you about the Deceptifan base, seeing as how Ghost will have changed most of the codes I haven't locked." Nijira sighed over a steaming mug of soup. Xi and Kappa had interrogated her under Sigma's orders, but she needed no coaxing to spill her secrets. She was still surprised at how effectively Ghost had rallied against her. Had she not been kicked out, she would have been proud of her second command.
"So, what now, Sigma?" Xi asked quietly. "Is it true? Should we tell the others?"
Sigma didn't answer for a few seconds, then sighed. "I think," she began, "It's time we called Jiyar."
Nijira blinked. She knew Jiyar. He was the Supreme Autofan commander…and her ex boyfriend.
"Is that really necessary?" Xi retorted, but quailed under Sigma's glare. "Alright, alright! I'll get him on the line…"
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Optimus stood in the Main Communications Room of the Autofan base. Sigma had told him she had something of great importance to tell him, and to come alone. As Sigma strode in with Xi at her side, a screen came down from a slot in the ceiling. "Optimus, I'm terribly sorry if this is an inconvenience, but…" she gave a shuddering sigh. "I have not been quite honest with you. You see, we fans have known for a long time about a secret we couldn't tell you because our rules forbid us from giving spoilers. But now…well, I'll explain as soon as my Commander in on the line."
The screen hummed to life, and a tan human with brown dreadlocks appeared on screen. Sigma promptly saluted, and said, "Commander Anthony, sir."
"At ease, Sigma." The male barked. "Jiyar's in a meeting at the moment, but that's hardly the point. Why haven't we heard from you since you and your unit left?"
"Our communications systems were on the fritz when we established our base, and it hasn't been repaired until just recently. Sir, this is Animated Prime. Optimus, this is Commander Anthony."
Anthony looked Optimus over. "Hm. I was expecting a little more, but that's neither here nor there. What's the situation?"
"Well, sir…" Sigma began, but an alarm went off somewhere down the hall, and screams of panic could be heard.
"What on Cybertron…?" Prime asked, but the screen split into two, with Shatter on the other side.
"SIGMA!" The panicked cat screeched. "We've just received word Starscream and the other Decepticons are on the move! We need Prime out there now! Oh, hello, Commander."
"Sorry, Sigma, your announcement will have to wait." Optimus yelled, transforming and pealing down the hall.
"But…but…" Sigma sighed. This was a tiring job.
"So you've upheld the rules of secrecy, then?" Anthony asked, raising an eyebrow. "Impressive."
"Yeah…"Sigma said, "But they have no idea what they're up against. Anyway, I need some reinforcements. It's going to happen any day now…"
"Say no more. The Commander was going there personally anyway."
"WHAT?!"
"You heard me, Sigma."
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As the hectic day progressed, Sigma longed more and more for a relaxing vacation AWAY from New Detroit. But just as she thought that Gemma's 'accidental' memory wipe of all the computers in the Autofan base was the worst it could get, she soon realized she was dead wrong.
Her communicator blipped an alarm that scalded her weary ears. "Yes, Shatter?" She asked angrily.
"Sigma…I'm outside Sumdac Tower. I'm sending a live feed to the main screen. ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?!" Shatter yowled.
Dashing to the main screen room, she saw her unit looking up at the screen transfixed in horror.
The Autobots and the Decepticons had been fighting outside of Sumdac Tower. But it wasn't Starscream getting all the attention. It was the black figure hovering over the tower that caught everyone's attention.
Silence reigned in the Autofan base. Then Gemma's voice broke the tension.
"We are all completely and utterly slagged." She whimpered.
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Meanwhile, at the Deceptifan base, the Deceptifans were getting the same image and were rejoicing and working themselves into a mob, drunk and delirious with joy. The same phrase was on everyone's lips.
"LORD MEGATRON HAS RISEN AGAIN!" The chant came from everyone, human and bot alike. Only Ghost and Filereaper weren't cheering. Megatron was the only thing that could ruin their plans, and now they were going to crash and burn if they didn't do SOMETHING.
It was Ghost who realized what must be done.
"Ateention, all Deceptifans!" She announced. "In celebration of Lord Megatron's revival, I ask you to LOOT the city like THERE'S NO TOMMOROW!" Loud and raucous cheers greeted her words, and the Deceptifans piled out into ragged groups, ready to raid the city and strip it of its plunder and loot.
"That should keep them busy for a while," Ghost said, as the recruits ran off. "I think we should get out of here, Filereaper, while we still have the use of our legs."
"I concur."
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"We have to get out there NOW!" Sigma yelled at her crew. "We have to help the Autobots!"
"Why bother? None of us stand a chance against Megatron…we're all just rookies…" Pi sighed. She looked around at the rest of the Autofans looked around, glum and downcast. "It would take the half of the G1 sector just to take this incarnation down…"
Sigma's eyes narrowed. "LOOK AT YOU ALL!" She yelled, causing her crew to jump. "Are you a bunch of sparklings, or are you Autofans?! The Autobots need our support, and we can't let them down! Besides, we can't beat canons, but we sure as the pit can destroy any OCs there! Now, who's with me?!"
A cheer came from the reenergized fans.
"THEN LET'S GO!"
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As Optimus and his crew rested in Sumdac tower, the Deceptifans were busily looting the chaotic city.
Sigma rode alongside Xi in her OC's front seat. "Attention all Autofans!" She yelled through her communicator. "We've got trouble! Ghost's troops are scattered all over the city, so we need at least five eradication parties! Pi, take groups one through three to the north part of the city. Kappa, take groups four through seven to the southern end of the city. Xi will take groups eight through eleven through the eastern ends, and I'll take groups twelve through fourteen out to the west and around Sumdac Tower. Autofans, disperse!" Leaping onto a passing OC in her group, Sigma tumbled into the passenger's seat as the team split up.
Nijira rode with Sigma's group. She'd seen this episode beforehand, and she wanted to see the canon Autoslags get their afts handed to them. It had been hard to convince someone to give her a ride, but finally, she'd convinced one to give her a lift.
Unfortunately for her, the Autobots had already retreated into Sumdac Tower.
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"Optimus?"
The rookie leader looked up to see Sigma stumble in, panting as though she'd run up several flights of stairs…which, in actually, she had.
"Sigma, what are you doing here?" Optimus asked. "Why haven't you evacuated the other Autofans?"
"Ghost sent her forces out, and they're looting the city. We have to stop them, because you guys need to stop Megatron." Sigma explained. "We need you guys out there!"
"What's the point?" Bee asked. "We're pretty much dead in the water against Megatron."
Sigma sighed. "Alright, I think now's the time to tell you guys…" She gulped. "We knew Megatron's whereabouts long before this battle."
"WHAT?!" Was the indignant outcry from the mechs. Professor Sumdac had just confessed to harboring Megatron's disembodied head, thinking he was an Autobot, only to later find out he was as actually a Decepticon, and now this?!
"We wanted to tell you! We really did, but…we couldn't! We fangirls can bend the Fourth Wall enough to get through, but if we give spoilers, then the Fourth Wall will SHATTER into a million bits!" Sigma yelled, tears of frustration in her eyes. "Stupid Fourth Wall Law! It's been stressing me out since we got here! I've been trying to uphold it, and now…" She sniffled.
Jeez, being a leader was stressful.
The mechs looked at each other. "Sigma, we just wish we could have had some sort of warning…" Optimus said soothingly.
The distraught girl wiped her eyes. "I really wish I could have…" She cracked a weak smile. "But…you guys win in the end... Really…You just have to get out there…Believe me, I've watched it over and over…so, please, for the story's sake…get out there."
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As the Deceptifans looted and plundered the city, they soon found out they weren't alone.
Tracker, who'd been supervising the looting in the Eastern part of the city, looked up. From his vantage point, he could see flashing lights and hear sirens in the distance. "Oh slag…" He muttered, and flapped off to the new Second in command, Tyrone, who was busily going through an electronic store with his OC Radius.
"Tyrone! We've got trouble! It'z ze Autoslags! They're onto us!" Tracker screeched.
Tyrone, who was as headstrong as they come, merely snorted. "We can take 'em. Right guys?" he yelled at the surrounding fans, who cheered a response.
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Xi's OC transformed, blasters blazing, as the other OCs followed suit. Explosion, Xi's creation, was smaller than most femmes, but had been in enough battles to be called a veteran. "Alright, you layabouts!" Xi yelled from her ride's shoulder. "Let's see what you're made of!"
All across the city, similar charges were being made by the Autofans and their creations. The Deceptifans had been taken by surprise, but were making a marvelous recovery.
Needless to say, everything was in a state of chaos.
And where was Ghost during all of this? Well…
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"Come on, File! We're almost to the gates, and we'll be home free back in our Verse!" Ghost urged her panting OC. They had run far up into the hills, where the Deceptifan portal was hidden away from prying eyes.
As they reached the top, a silky smooth voice made her freeze. "Going somewhere, Ghost?"
"N-nijira!" The startled fan replied. "S-so good to see you."
"Cut the crap, traitor. You aren't going anywhere." The former leader snarled, stepping out of the shadows.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Nijira, but I have an OC and you don't, so hand over the key to the portal if you don't want to get hurt." Ghost replied, grinning.
"Who says I don't have an OC?" Nijira smirked. "Oh, Furnace? Get out here."
The grin was wiped off of Ghost's face, as a large column of flame appeared behind her, casting her in a very demonic light…
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((And then the Authoress suddenly realized nothing important happened until Megatron's defeat so she decided to skip ahead to the part that she doesn't have Writer's Block about…Blame the Fourth Wall for this A/N…))
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"Yay! We won!" Xi stood around rather battered but happy Autofans, smiling, but not cheering along with her troop. Tyrone had had his snooty butt kicked severely, and he'd run off to parts unknown.
"Wait…did we actually do anything?" A fan asked. "It went by so fast…"
"Of course we did stuff! We beat the Deceptifans!" Another yelled, delirious with happiness. "Xi's triple shuriken combo was PERFECT! How could you miss it!?"
"Well…" The puzzled fan muttered.
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"So, Optimus…The Decepticons are gone, the Deceptifans are scattered, and Nijira and Professor Sumdac are gone. What now?"
Sigma and the other Autofans stood outside the Autobot base, looking up at the mechs expectantly.
"Well, as I recall, your Commander is paying our universe a visit, so I guess you guys have to stay…Besides, we could use the help cleaning up the city."
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Ugh I've lost my touch…Or at least, I think I have.