Chapter 2: Robots in Disguise
Tony looked at the windshield of the truck. He couldn't believe that the truck could actually produce a computer screen on its windshield, or that the truck could talk. Eventually, the truck arrived at Rhodey's house, but instead of stopping on the side of the road, it went off the road and down the hill.
"Hey!" Tony said, "Uh, what are you doing… Mr. Truck?"
"Hold on tight," the truck said.
As soon as the truck stopped at the bottom of the very large hill, Iron Man jumped out and ran over to the warehouses, but before he got even ten feet away from the truck, Rhodey and Pepper ran towards him from out of nearest warehouse. Iron Man's face mask shifted back into the helmet to reveal the face of Tony Stark.
"Tony!" Rhodey yelled, "Are you alright!?"
"Yeah, Rhodey," Tony said, "I'm fine"
"What Happened?" Pepper asked.
"I don't know," Tony said, "This truck just saved me."
"Where did it come from?" asked Rhodey.
"From one of the alleys I went past when those cars were chasing me," Tony explained, "I had the computer look all over the internet and the FED's database for the symbol on the truck, but nothing came up. Same thing with the symbol that was on the two cars."
"Oh! Maybe it's some kind of super truck, programmed to assist Iron Man!" Pepper said
"No, I don't think so," Tony said, "If it were, it would've saved me from Whiplash. By the way, did you find out what was stolen from Stark International?"
"Yeah," Rhodey said, "They were trying to steal the experimental laser you designed for the Earth-Mover."
"What?" Tony said, "The Earth-Mover project was shut down! Who would want to steal the laser now?"
All of a sudden, they heard rumbling coming from the top of the hill. They all looked up to see the two purple cars.
"Now what?" Pepper asked sarcastically, "Are they gonna come down here and run us over or something?"
The cars sped down the hill and leaped into the air from a smaller hill at the bottom. While still in midair, the cars did something very shocking. They transformed into two purple, black, and silver, sinister-looking giant robots.
"WHAT THE…!" Tony said, "THEY'RE ROBOTS?!"
The two robots landed on the ground and raised their blasters on the kids.
"Stay behind me," the truck said as it too transformed, but into an even larger, red and blue, heroic-looking giant robot.
"Whoa!" Pepper said, "Well, there goes my first theory."
A sword extended from the red and blue robot's left hand, while a blaster extended from his right hand.
"Oh scrap." said one of the purple robots.
The red and blue robot ran towards the purple robots and engaged them in a short, but semi-epic, battle. He sliced his sword through the first purple robot and then shot it in the head with his blaster. The other robot went after Tony and his friends.
"Stand back, guys!" Tony said as he fired his uni-beam at the robot, knocking it on the ground.
The purple robot transformed back into a car and sped off. Iron Man and his friends walked over to the red and blue robot. For some strange reason, they knew he wouldn't harm them.
"Who are you?" Tony asked.
"What are you?" Pepper asked.
"Explanations will come later. Right now, I must get you to some place safe," the robot said before putting his finger on the side of his head, "Ratchet. Send the Ground Bridge."
A blinding flash of light occurred from behind the robot. It soon took the shape of a bright green vortex.
"That's the same color as the flash of light I saw in the alley!" Tony said.
"Follow me," the robot said, "hurry."
Iron Man and his friends followed the robot through the vortex.
Meanwhile
The Mandarin's Throne Room:
A ninja kneeled before the Mandarin, who was sitting in his throne, which was in front of the statue of a giant Chinese Dragon.
"Master, there was a break in at Stark International this morning," the ninja said.
"And how does this concern me?" the Mandarin asked his lackey.
"Because, my lord," the ninja continued, "Iron Man was nearly destroyed by two purple cars. Our scouts report that the cars originated from inside Stark Tower and no one was driving them. Both cars bore this symbol."
The ninja showed a photograph of the symbol that was on the front bumpers of each car.
"This is very intriguing," the Mandarin said, "I must find the ones who tried to destroy Iron Man. The enemy of my enemy may very well be my friend."
End of Chapter 2. Next Update: Chapter 3: The Autobots
Me: Well I finally got it up here. Just to let you guys know, after the chapters where everyone meets, I will be incorporating episodes of both Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Transformers: Prime. Please leave your reviews. None of these characters belong to me.