Legend of Bruticus (Chapter 2)
Metroplex
Back at the Decepticon's base, Bruticus was being congratulated for his outstanding performance. "Well done Combaticons, well done." Megatron said. "Thank you master, it is an honor to serve in your presence." "I know it is Swindle." "…suck up." Brawl said in a whispered voice. "What's the status of our heroes here, Soundwave?" "Energon low…need sufficient source." The communications expert answered. "Earth is plentiful with energon lord Megatron." Replied his second in command, Shockwave. "Then it looks like we're heading to earth. Men, prepare to depart. We shall load up in two vehicles: Blast Off and Astrotrain." Astrotrain was one of the three triple changers in the Decepticon army. "Remember men, look out for energon and crush any Autobots in our way!" A lout and affirmative, "Yes, Sir!" came from all the men, and they boarded their vessels and departed for earth with their new goal in mind.
"Sir we're comin in hot!" Astrotrain said as he and Blast Off were entering earth's atmosphere. "You might wanna hold on to something, it's gonna be a rough landing." The Decepticons firmly gripped anything solid within the shuttles hoping not to fly around and damage their transport. As the shuttles further entered the atmosphere, their nose cones caught fire, as well as the rest of their protective coverings. The land began to take form once they moved closer and closer, but they were not concerned with the scenery at the moment, only where they could land. Astrotrain was heading for a lake but Blast Off got separated somewhere in the atmosphere and was ready to land in the middle of a desert. Astrotrain hit the water hard, causing minor damage but also putting out the fire. Blast Off touched down on the sand which covered him and suffocated the fire. "Get out now!" Astrotrain yelled. Everyone immediately evacuated the robot as he began to transform. When he was fully transformed, he and his brothers swam to the surface and made their way over to the shore. "I am a train and a shuttle, NOT a boat!" "Quit your whining soldier!" Megatron scolded. "Where are we, Soundwave?" "The Nile River in Egypt." "And where is Blast Off and the others?" "Calculating…location revealed…Sahara desert approximately 6.2 miles from our position." "Starscream, fly to their location and find them now!"
"Ugh, why do I have to do this job, I hate patrol. I never find anything out here, it's just the same desert, nothing ever changes." The Autobot Sandstorm said. "Optimus, still nothing to report." "Very well, return to base." "Finally…wait…is that?" he said as he looked up in the sky, "Starscream! Sir, we have Decepticons!" "Good, I'm sending something special your way." "What's that supposed to mean, sir?" "Don't worry soldier, you will see." Sandstorm was also a triple changer and transformed from his desert buggy to his helicopter mode and trailed far behind the fast moving jet.
"Ahh…what kind of landing was that Blast Off?" Swindle said with an attitude. "Are you still alive? Yes? Then stop complaining." The combaticons left their brother so he could transform and join them in robot mode. "Where are we?" Onslaught asked. A monotone voice came over their intercom, "Combaticons, stand your ground, we are coming." Soundwave said. "Stay here? HA! Come on brothers, let's form Bruticus and make our own way out of here." Vortex said with an anxiety. "That would seem like the best idea, let's do it. Decepticons, combine into Bruticus!" Onslaught ordered. Brawl and swindle took their positions and steel formed with steel as Onslaught bonded with them. Vortex and Blast Off soon formed the arms and joined them. A large purple and black steel chest plate formed as he slid his helmet over Onslaught's head: Bruticus was once again standing proud.
One huge step after the other sunk into the sand, but he pressed on with hopes of escaping the blazing desert. After making his way over a sand mound, he looked up to see Starscream. "Megatron, I've found Bruticus: he's ten klicks from your current position just as Soundwave had said." "Bring them back here." "Yes, sir." Starscream came to a stop and transformed on Bruticus's shoulder. "Bruticus, you need to follow me back to Megatron." "…Megatron… leader." "Yes, now follow me." "Bruticus follow. Bruticus sees another aircraft." He said as he noticed Sandstorm still flying. "What? I wasn't followed! Sandstorm! Bruticus, kill him!" The war machine raised his weapon high in the air, but was too slow and the Autobot was too close. He quickly transformed to robot mode and, still flying through the air, kicked Starscream from Bruticus's shoulder. Sandstorm looked over to see the Autobot-sized helmet staring back at him and knew that he had a great advantage here. The Autobot lifted his pistol and took a couple shots at the steel, but to no avail he could not penetrate the thick armor. "How dare you Autobot scum!" Starscream yelled as he returned for revenge. He flew at Sandstorm at high speed, but Sandstorm fell back and grappled onto the bottom of the Seeker's jet. Starscream could not take the extra weight and began to descend. "Bruticus help Starscream." He said as he stretched his massive hand out. Bruticus could not grab the Autobot for he was moving too fast, but Starscream flew towards his hand with intent of smacking off the dead weight from his jet. Sandstorm hit Bruticus's hand hard and let go of his grapple which only led him to fall on the ground forty feet below him. He smacked the sand hard and just laid there, but when he opened his eyes, he was covered by a large shadow and something obstructed his view of the sun. As his eyes came to focus, he realized that it was Bruticus's gargantuan foot which was quickly making its way to his position. He transformed to his buggy and made haste to get out of there as fast as he could. The Autobot barely managed to escape, but he could not evade the immense shockwave that was created from the Decepticon's foot striking the ground. "Die Autobot!" Bruticus said as he once again raised his tremendous hand cannon. Sandstorm raced across the desert as Bruticus charged his weapon and with Starscream swiftly approaching, but Sandstorm's life was saved by a mysterious being. Sandstorm noticed an approaching shadow and was confused because the only thing that can create a shadow that large was Bruticus and he was too slow to catch up to him. He looked up to see a colossal space craft flying overhead; it was heading straight at Bruticus who was still charging his weapon. The mighty ship transformed in mid-flight to build up an enormous amount of momentum to add to his kick. The colossus's foot planted itself on the face of Bruticus and for the first time, he was knocked onto his back. Both Sandstorm and Starscream looked on with awe at the legendary guardian who was standing in their very presence. "…Is that…" Sandstorm stuttered. "Metroplex…" Starscream finished his sentence. Bruticus had finally met his match.