DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TRANSFORMERS OR ANYTHING ELSE EXCPET DECEPTIBOTS AND PLOT KEKOA AND OTHER CHARACTERS ARE FROM THEIR RESPECTED OWNERS LENDARAS, HASBRO/TAKARA
THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
Chapter 57: Celebrating the end
Optics opened to the bright lights of the medical bay as Radon looked around her. The smiling face of Alex was all the more welcoming.
"How are you feeling?" she asked
"Like crap," was the reply
"Well that is what you get for taking on a super villain," she said with a smile as she finished some repairs onto Radon's armor.
"How is Rodan and dad?" asked Radon
"Rodan has been up for the past three days," replied Alex as she finished
"How long was I out?" Radon asked
"Well you have been out for about three weeks," Alex replied
"THREE WEEKS!" Was Radon's reponse
"Yep, we nearly lost you there for a while. Sonic was killed but I brought him back in time and there is also Kyouji whom I can't bring back with a calling of the spark. His body was destroyed so he is with grandma now," Alex said sadly.
Radon felt an Energon tear leave her face and Alex wiped it away with her finger.
"Hey don't be sad at least he fought for a good cause," she said and Radon smiled at that.
"Hey so how does it feel to be a hero?" Alex asked
"I feel like I could take on the universe…wait I'm a hero?" she said
"Well yea! You save not only Rodan and Starscream's lives but the entire universe," Alex said
"But how Rodan and Starscream were with me when I fought?" she said
"Yea that is because you saved their sparks from being completely consumed by Nemesis. You called them back to fight Radon you saved them," she said laying her small hand within the clawed hand of Radon's.
"So that makes me a hero?" she said
"Yep, as grandma said, 'Fear is what drives one to do great things most of the time terrible, but when you use that fear to protect the ones you love with a clear mind then that is what makes one great," Alex then kissed the sparkling across the face plate.
"You get some rest and hopefully you can come out for the celebration if Ratchet clears you." With that she got up and left.
---OUTSIDE THE BASE---
The light of the mid-afternoon sun played as a group of mechs played a game of basketball with the humans watching. Bumblebee bounced the ball with Titan blocking arms spread out wide. The beastbot was the whole time in the ocean leading the navy during the battle and only suffered some nasty wounds. Yet he managed to come out on top. Right now he was playing basketball blocking Bumblebee from scoring.
He had stolen the ball from Bumblebee and raced down the large Transformer sized court that was built for their size and scored a hit in the hoop. Arcee managed to steal the ball from Titan before he could score again and ran down the court again with Bumblebee and Jazz running interference. As they ran down the court to cover Arcee, Elita-One stolen the ball and passed it to Barricade who ran down the court only to have Soundwave steal it back.
He ran down the court and tossed it scoring a hit.
People cheered them on as the game went on. All the while Optimus watched with Starscream and some of the world leaders at their side (the ones who are surviving). Some laughed at the antics Jazz and Bumblebee seemed to be giving Barricade who responded with some rather provocative gestures. Slapping a hand to his face Optimus groaned while Secretary Keller laughed.
"Well I say that it has been fun watching them," he said
"Yes it was," was the reply from Optimus
"Well at least we can get along long enough for a game of basketball," Starscream said smiling
"How is Goliath doing?" he asked Ratchet who stood on the other side of Starscream.
"Goliath will be fine Alex is a wonderful medic and was able to save Skyfire in the end." Ratchet said
"So how many has that human saved?" was the question
"Not many considering by the time she got to a bunch of them they were already gone like Cliffjumper and Terrorsaur," Ratchet replied
"I guess you can't save everyone," said Starscream looking down and remembering.
"Hey don't look so bad buddy at least we can begin anew," said the voice of Jetfire who still ore some battle welds but he was still as jovial as ever.
"Well at least we can celebrate now how the Earth had won its freedom, and showed us that even the simplest things struggle. We just had to learn how to face them," Optimus said
"It is just as you said, 'Freedom is the right of all sentient beings," Ratchet said smiling
It was then that the comm. for Ratchet opened and he placed his fingers to his temple and smiled when it ended.
"Well it seems as if Radon is finally awake," he said and they all beamed at that.
---A FEW DAYS LATER---
As the sun sets on another day in the Nevada desert other things have been going on namely the preparation for the celebration to come. Already a grand parade was underway as the humans went all out with their Cybertronian companions in decorating for the morning after. Sam was having the time of his life with Mikaela and Miles decorating Bumblebee with all sorts of things. The main thing was placing the new paint on his armor where it was chipped off in battle and buffing him up.
Right beside him Barricade was already buffed up and wearing some sort of decorations on his part since he is to provide Police escort. Prowl looked just as buffed up as Barricade with Zenith right beside him his Deceptibot symbol shining brightly. Both Bumblebee and Barricade had gotten their symbols repainted and polished. Frenzy was rushing this way and that getting things done as well as putting some finishing touches on Barricade.
"Man do humans do this all the time?" grumbled a very reluctant Hotshot a young Autobot who was just as yellow as Bumblebee but got himself repainted sky blue.
"Yep just look at Sunstreaker," the young Autobot said pointing to Sunstreaker who was admiring himself in a mirror.
That is until a bucket of something slimy met his head and dripped down his body. The sound of a very familiar laughter filled the rafters as small clicking noises could be heard.
"Sounds like Scrappy, Skeeter and Rumble are at it again," said Frenzy as he came with some Energon for the bots and some food for the humans.
"I don't think that is Rumble this time," said Zenith as he narrowed his optics.
"Who do you think it is?" asked Sam
"SONIC! STITCH! SCRAPPY, SKEETER GET DOWN HERE NOW!" he bellowed with surprising clarity.
There was a banging sound as all four Deceptibots fell through and looked up at Zenith with sheepish expressions. Looking smug Zenith turned to his friends and smirked evilly.
----THAT EVENING---
The sounds of the parade echoed across the now restored city. Thanks to the Cybertronians the human cities have been rebuilt at a faster rate then what normally would have been done. Already entertainers and musicians played across the way of Washington D.C.. Already balloons and confetti was being dropped as the many participants marched down the streets. Barricade and Bumblebee felt a little out of place while Jazz showed off by doing various tricks in both his Alt-mode and his bot form.
Optimus stood at the podium with the many leaders along with Starscream. They had their chiefs of staff with them each standing at attention. Many civilians cheered them on as the Deceptibots decided to do something fun with their march. It was all Kekoa's idea as he and the others danced till they got to the main stairs of the new capital.
Together Starscream, Optimus and the President of the United Nations stood holding the new Matrix which as been fashioned with pieces of Vector Sigma's key and the Allspark. This was the Matrix of Primus as it was held up by everyone on the leaders.
"Greetings all, man, woman, mech, femme, young and old. We gather here this day to celebrate the coming of a great victory for us," said the President as he took the podium.
"We come here not as two different worlds or different nations or factions. No today we come here to celebrate a day of victory, a day where all who are different came together as one. We came here to celebrate the unity of two different planets and to strive to better ourselves and honor those who have sacrificed themselves this day. As you all know 200 years ago the United States of America has fought for its independence here on this very soil. The lives of thousands were spilled this day. Yet other nations remember that day very well…it was a day that all different people whether they are black, white, rich or poor have taken up arms and declared their independence against a tyrant at the time. When they earned their independence they created a nation that was fought for time and time again its freedom and is equality amongst all races.
Today more then two hundred years later we celebrate another day of independence. This one is not from tyranny or oppression. This one was from annihilation…the annihilation of not one world but two. This is the rebirth of two worlds both of which has fought hard and long for the day that they can safely say to their children, 'Freedom is the right of all Sentient Beings,' and it was this saying that two worlds fought for their right to live. Our friends from the stars; the Transformers have come to us bringing their war, not knowing that it was here that what they fought for was destroyed thus ending a war that ravaged their planet for centuries. It was here on Earth that the Transformers realized their mistakes and try to rectify them. It was here on Earth our world that they have found peace, and have sought peace with us by living amongst us. By doing this they have shared things that we could not have dreamed of.
They have shared their world with a race that constantly wars with itself over petty things, over important things. We as a race, as humans are still young in the universe…but we have endured a lot in the time it took for us to discover the wheel. We have faced the challenges that many go through to strive and accomplish something that we have done. So this day our friends let us know that this day we have learned that we are not alone in the Universe. We are in fact part of many races that have come together to make a whole. It does not matter what language we speak or what country we come from or what planet we hailed from. Let us know that this day we as a people are here to celebrate our independence day!" he said
When he was done the world cheered as that message was translated into many languages across the globe to all survivors. Everyone cheered as they heard that speech and wanted to dance around their fires or in the streets of ruined cities made new again.
"Now that we have done the impossible we can once again renew our towns and rebuild what was lost. We can rebuild what was taken from us and give back to those who sacrificed themselves that day. And for that we like to give a symbol of our thanks to those who have fought for our freedom. Especially those who made it possible." He said
Reaching into a box that was made from diamonds Optimus pulled out a bright crystal medal and held it out to Starscream.
"High Lord Protector Starscream as the new leader of the Decepticons your courage and wisdom has led your people to redemption and atonement for past sins caused by war. This crystal medal from the city of Crystal City Cybertron; is our symbol of that courage and wisdom that you executed on the battle field in our time of need." With that he placed it on the neck of Starscream and all the Decepticons bowed in respect for their new leader.
"To the Deceptibots who have guarded earth long before we came here with our war and their human companions the Pakele family we give our thanks and this as a symbol of our gratitude."
With that a statue was dropped of a white eagle surrounded by a dragon and a phoenix and various other animals.
"For the courage of defending our world from evil," he said
Sam walked up just as the president gave him a medal,
"Samuel Witwicky your family will be remembered as the ones who started it all when your great grandfather made that trip into the Arctic Circle nearly a hundred years before. Now you young Samuel had done the work your grandfather would have been proud of. That work is to end the war of the stars and free the people of Cybertron from their hatred and uniting our two species indefinitely," with that he gave Sam a crystal medal along with Mikaela and Miles. After repeating the same speech only slightly altered for the two of them.
As for the Pakele family they did the same as they did with the Deceptibots.
Just as the ceremony started to wind down and the others started to get their awards it was Kekoa with Barricade shouted to the others.
"DECEPTIBOTS EXECUTE FLYING KICK!"
The Deceptibots stood up proud with staffs in hand and as one they executed a move that involves spinning their staffs at once. They then spun around and swung their staffs into the ground then balanced on their said staffs and executed a classic Kung Fu move. When they landed they got into ready fighting positions with an ending like…
"HYAH!"
----THAT NIGHT---
As the celebratory fires went Scrappy decided to do something about lighting things up more.
The little Deceptibot got onto the table and ran towards the fire and when he landed on the ground he began to dance. Laughing he started to dance while singing the Ewok celebration song.
Soon the others joined in while Scorponok played with someone's decorations. He was the first to join as Scrappy and then Skeeter jumped onto his head.
It was then that Sonic transformed into his radio form and began to play some other songs. While the songs were playing and everyone was celebrating the whole future started to look bright for everyone especially a green seeker as she danced to, "We're the Jetsons Rap,"
Far above the planet amongst the stars a single star shown brightly too as it celebrated its victory over evil.
The future looks bright for the Deceptibots lets hope it lasts.
---THE END----
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME!"
A very angry ex-Sector Seven agent named Simmons is busy cleaning waste at a nearby waste treatment plant for both humans and Cybertronians. His face covered in grime and his hands and legs chained with strong alloys so he can't cut his way out. He is sentenced to life cleaning crap off the ground…well that is what he gets for messing with a bunch of sparklings.
END
Whoa that was one long ass story! Well it is now over and I enjoyed the year that I wrote this and all the people who reviewed thank you all!
AND MAHALO
blackdragon