Disclaimer: Hey people, I have chapter 2 of the second AutoKnight story for you.
Trevor: Took you long enough.
Steve: Yeah, what gives?
Violet and Trevor: Who the hell are you?!
Steve: Uh, I'm Steve. You know, the guy with the glasses from the last chapter.
Violet: Oh yeah, you're the guy from American Dad.
Steve: That's me.
Trevor: Don't you have a sister?
Steve: Yeah I do, but she, my mom, and my dad are out doing something. What, I don't know.
Me: OK introductions are over. I don't own the Incredibles, Transformers, or American Dad. So here is chapter two.
The AutoKnights II: The American Knights
Chapter 2: The Base & New Disguises
Trevor and Violet just stood there on the end of the long pier for a long while to make sure there was no one around them. They just looked at each other and then looked away for forty five straight minutes. Finally when there was not one soul to be seen, Violet broke the silence.
"Let's take this as our chance to search for the base." Violet said.
"Right, but how?" Trevor asked. "Its pitch black dark, and the base is underwater."
"Oh yeah. And even if those agents weren't able to anything with their advanced technology, how the hell are we supposed to find it?" Violet asked back.
After a few seconds of thinking, Trevor smiled and slapped his forehead as if he had forgotten about something.
"What was that?" Violet asked.
Trevor looked at her with the same grin he had. "The CIA may not be able to find it with their technology, but we can find it with ours."
"What makes you think that?" Violet asked.
"Because the technology we have is Cybertronian." Trevor said as he reached into his pocket.
He pulled out what looked to be a large PDA. It was a rectangle shape, had the screen twice as large as a Nintendo DS, and had weird looking symbols all over the back.
"Oh yeah. I completely forgot about Teletraan!" Violet said.
"Yes. Now we just have to find someway to contact Hot Rod on Cybertron. If he could contact us, we should be able to do the same thing with this." Trevor said as he pushed buttons on Teletraan.
Trevor sat down on a nearby bench and Violet sat right next to him and moved her head close to Trevor's so she could see Teletraan's screen. The two of them seemed to have a hard time figuring it out. Then they caught a break. The screen came across an icon that read "communicator" under it. Trevor and Violet sighed in relief as Trevor pressed the green button. A small beam of light shone from the screen and towards the sky. Ten seconds later, a robot was on the screen.
"Hot Rod this is Trevor Bauer and Violet Parr. Can you hear me?" Trevor said trying to get the robots attention.
Hot Rod turned his head towards the screen and smiled greatly. "Yes, I can hear you loud and clear, Trevor. Its been forty years since we last heard from you."
"Forty years?" Violet thought thinking of her family. She then had a sad look on her face which Trevor soon noticed. He put his arm around her to comfort her and she didn't resist. She just nudged her self closer to Trevor so she could see Hot Rod clearly.
Trevor soon got back to the point of his transmission. "Okay Hot Rod. It's nice to see you too, but we have a problem. Me and Violet are at the site of the base but we don't really know how to get to it."
"Oh OK. Then it's a good thing you called. We have prepared instructions for you. Now listen carefully and make sure no one, and I mean NO ONE, is listening in on this." Violet and Trevor took one last look around them to see if any life was present, but there was nothing.
"No one is here. So what do we have to do?" Violet asked.
Hot Rod began the instructions. "First are you on a long extending platform called "Pier 32"?" he asked.
Violet and Trevor looked at the sign at the end of the pier. There was a big number 32 on it. "I think we are." Trevor said.
"Okay good. Now do you see a chamber with a communication device in it?" Hot Rod asked.
Trevor and Violet looked at each other confused. They turned their heads until they saw the phone booth the CIA agent was leaning on earlier.
"Uh… is that it?" Trevor asked as he held the screen up in front of the booth.
"Yes that is it. Now both of you get inside." Hot Rod replied.
The two teenagers did what he said and got inside the booth. Once they were in, they asked for more instructions.
"Now take the black device off its holder, and on the keypad press in the numbers in this order. 123091. Then place the device back onto its holder and hang on."
Trevor took the phone of the hook and Violet punched in the numbers. 1-2-3-0-9-1. Then Trevor hung the phone up and something started to happen. From underneath the booth, a hatch that looked like an elevator shaft began to extend straight down into the water they were standing above. When it sounded like it was done extending, a guardrail came up out of the ground the two teens were standing on and it surrounded them in a circle. Before they knew it. The platform was lowering. All Trevor and Violet could see in the shaft were the tiny lights that were put in for visionary help. After about twenty seconds of lowering, the platform finally came to a stop. They both looked at Hot Rod in the screen.
"Okay Hot Rod, how far down are we?" Violet asked.
"Right now, the two of you are a couple hundred feet under water." Hot Rod Answered.
"That far? Wow." Trevor said. "So now what, Rod?"
"Now you must punch in another combination of numbers on the keypad right behind you."
Trevor turned around and saw the numbered pad. "What's the combo?"
"31789." Hot Rod Answered.
Trevor punched in the code, 3-1-7-8-9. They thought they were going to move again but a small hatch opened up in the wall instead. It looked like some sort of scanner with a print of someone's fist. With a small dent in the ring finger.
"Now what?" Trevor asked.
"This is a ring scanner. One of you put your fist in the scanner and it will verify your access to the base." Hot Rod replied.
Violet volunteered for that part. She put her hand with her ring into the scanner. The scanner adjusted itself so that it would fit her hand perfectly. Once it finished adjusting, the scan began. A green line of light ran over ring to make sure she was clean. Then the scan was done.
"Welcome, Ironhide." said some computer voice.
Then Right in front of them. A hole opened up in the elevator shaft. They saw a long tube with small lights lead out into the bay. The platform started to move forward through the tube. But when they were out just one hundred feet, they went through what looked like some kind of force field. When they were through, they saw it. A mansion like building made out of metal in the shape of a dome. It was resting on top of a 50 foot tall rock formation.
"The base." Trevor and Violet said together.
"Yes that is the base. You should know what to do when you reach it." Hot Rod said.
"OK. Thanks Rod." Trevor said as he turned off Teletraan.
When Trevor and Violet finally reached the base, a hatch opened up and the tube led them inside. When they stopped, the doors opened up and the lights automatically turned on. What they saw was the front room of the place. It was huge. The Autobots who made the place sure did think of the two humans because there was furniture, a kitchen, a big screen TV, beds, the whole friggin shebang. And on the side, there was a huge bare wall that measured up to the size of a tennis court.
"Should we check the place out?" Violet asked.
Trevor looked at the clock and saw that it read 11:30 pm.
"We will tomorrow morning. Right now it's late. Let's find our rooms and get some sleep."
Violet nodded at the idea and they both went off to find some rooms of their own. They went up to the second floor, where they found thirteen doors leading down a long hallway. Six doors on each side, and one at the end.
"I think this is where we will be sleeping." Trevor concluded.
Violet nodded and asked, "Yeah, but which rooms are ours?"
Trevor started to try and open the doors, but most of them were locked. He tried to open every door but stopped when he came to the end of the hallway. When he got to that one, a scanner that looked like the one in the elevator revealed itself on the wall next to the doorknob. Getting the idea, he put his fist into the scanner and his ring was scanned.
"Welcome, Optimus Prime." Said the automated voice as a green light shone above the doorknob.
Trevor opened the door, turned on the lights, and saw his room. It was about the size of a Marriot Suites hotel room. There was a closet, queen sized bed, a chair, even a window looking out into the water. It was dark so nothing could be seen. Violet soon found her room in the door to the right of Trevor's. She walked in to find that it was almost exactly the same as his. The only difference was the contents of the closet. Trevor's had clothes for him, and Violet's had clothes just for her. Trevor was all excited about his new living arrangement, but Violet didn't really care. She took out her wallet and pulled out a small picture of her family. She sat down on her bed as tears welled up in her eyes.
"How could I just leave them all behind?" Violet thought as she held back the tears no longer and dove into her bed pillows.
Trevor heard Violet crying and walked slowly out of his room and started his approach into her room.
"Are you alright?" he asked gently.
Violet lifted her head to reveal that her eyes were red and puffy and her face was wet from crying so hard.
"Do I look alright?" She asked sarcastically.
"Physically or mentally?" Trevor asked trying to lighten up the mood.
Violet just let her head back down as she continued sobbing. Trevor took a seat next to her.
"It's your family isn't it?" He asked knowing why she was sad.
Violet sat up next to him with tears still flowing down her face. "How could I just leave them all there in the past? How could I be so selfish? I know I have to help you save the world from the Decepticons, but to do it without them? We saved countless lives together. I just miss them. We haven't even been here for a full day and I'm already breaking down into tears because I miss them!"
She put her head on Trevor's shoulder and cried into it. Trevor just put his arm around her not knowing what to do when this happens. He then got an idea of what to say.
"Look, Violet," he said as he took her head off his shoulder. "I'm not going to say I know how you feel because I honestly don't. I don't know how it feels to leave your loved ones behind forty years in the past. But I do know that I am so jealous of you."
Violet then looked at him confused. "You're jealous of me? How is that possible? If anything, I should be jealous of you. You go anywhere you want, no one tells you what to do, you have total freedom!"
"I would trade all of that for the same kind of bond you share with you're family!" Trevor cried.
Violet was confused.
"Violet, what you have with you're family is a bond that is more special than anyone could ever imagine. They care for you, they provide for you, they shelter you, they buy you shit, you have it made. The only connection I have with my family is going to Fresno California every July 24th and putting flowers on my sister's grave."
Violet then remembered the story he told about his family. "Oh yeah, sorry."
"Don't worry about it. Anyways, don't be afraid of losing them because were not. As soon as this is all over, I'm sure another space bridge will open up and we will be able to go home."
Violet smiled a bit.
"There we go." Trevor said as he wiped away her tears. "That's just all the more reason we have to do this. The quicker we kick Megatron's ass, the quicker we can get back home. Ya with me?"
"Absolutely." Violet said as she hugged Trevor. "Thanks for helping me with that."
Trevor smiled back at her. "No problem. If you ever need to talk to me again, I'm right next to you." He said pointing to his door. "I hate seeing you like that."
"Don't worry. You won't see me like that again. I promise."
Trevor got up and smiled more. "Good to hear. Now let's get some sleep. We have shit to do tomorrow. Good night, Vi."
"Good night, Trev." Violet said back as Trevor walked out of her room and into his.
He closed the door and didn't even bother to do anything else. He was so tired, he just plopped on his bed and fell asleep right then and there. As did Violet.
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(The next Morning: The base 9:00 am)
Trevor woke up to find his clothes were still on him. "Aw crap." He muttered as he looked into the clock on his night stand. It read 9:00 in digital numbers. "A digital numbered clock? Wow. What will they think of next? He said sarcastically
He got up and walked over to the closet where there was an entire wardrobe of new clothes waiting for him.
"Holy crap, this is awesome!" he shouted quietly.
He chose a pair of blue jeans, white and blue tennis shoes, and a black t-shirt with a streak of fire across the chest. He went downstairs to find that Violet was already down there eating a simple bowl of cereal.
"Oh yeah! I forgot there's food here!" Trevor said in realization. "Where is it?"
Violet pointed to a cabinet above the sink in the kitchen. Trevor walked over to it and opened it up. He scanned the contents trying to find something that suited him. He closed it and made his way to the fridge, where he found a carton of eggs.
"Screw the cereal I'm makin some scrambled eggs!" he said as pulled out the carton.
Violet nearly choked on her cereal when she heard those words.
"You know how to cook?" she asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, a little." Trevor replied as he found a frying pan and turned on the gas stove.
He cracked two eggs into the hot pan and got a whisk to scramble them. After about five minutes of cooking, he took out a plate from above the stove and put the eggs onto them. He then got a glass of milk to go with it. He then took his breakfast and sat down on the couch next to Violet.
The TV was on and they were watching the morning news. Violet just looked at the plate Trevor had on his lap.
"I would have liked some eggs." She complained.
"Well why didn't you wake me up earlier? I would have made you some." Trevor said.
"Well, you were sleeping. I didn't wanna wake you."
"I'll tell you what, I'll make us both some eggs with bacon tomorrow. How does that sound?"
"Sounds good." Violet said as she took another bite.
They both sat there for a while and looked around.
"You know what this place needs?" Violet asked.
"No. What?" Trevor replied.
"A window." Violet said.
"Window activated." The automated voice said.
Trevor and Violet looked around to see what it meant. Then they saw it. The large tennis court sized wall began to split into for sections and open up. And when it was done, it revealed a window of the same size to be behind it. Behind the window was a view of fish swimming by in the now sunlit ocean. Astounded, Trevor and Violet put their food down on the table in front of them and walked over to the front of the window. When they reached it, they looked up to see all kinds of fish swimming above the place. They even saw boats going around on the surface. When they looked down, they saw other kinds of life living on the rock formation. Starfish, algae eaters, that kind of stuff. Trevor just looked at Violet and put an arm around her.
"Admit it. You're glad that you came." Trevor said.
Violet put her arm around Trevor and smiled. "Okay I admit it. Now let's check the rest of this place out."
Trevor agreed and they ran in their own directions to see what else was in the place. Trevor found another hall way with only three doors. When he opened up the first one, he saw that it was a giant freezer with all kinds of food in it. Meat, loaves of bread, the works. Violet found a door that looked like it led to a big room on the outside. When she opened it up, she saw a big Olympic sized indoor pool. To the side of that one was another pool, but deeper and smaller with diving boards.
Violet was laughing out of happiness. "Oh my god this place is AWESOME!!" she shouted as she ran out to find Trevor.
Trevor walked out of the freezer and moved onto the second door. Before he opened it, Violet found him.
"Oh my god Trevor you have to see the pool!" she said gasping for air.
"In a minute. Let's see what this door has behind it." Trevor said as he put his hand on the knob.
He turned the knob and opened up the door to see a game room in his eyes. There was a pool table, air hockey, ping pong, all kinds of arcade style video games, even a bar.
Trevor was almost about to go insane. "Oh my god! Okay yeah sure, the bar isn't really for us because were not old enough to drink but just look at this place! I mean I don't even know what some of these things are, but I'm sure I'm going to have fun learning them."
"You think this is cool, come with me." Violet said as she grabbed Trevor's arm and led him towards the pool room.
When Trevor saw it, he did the same thing Violet did. He was laughing. But not hard.
"Oh my god I love the Autobots." He said while still laughing. "Come on, Vi. Let's see what's behind the third door."
Violet agreed and they made their way back to the hallway where the third door awaited them. When they got there, Trevor tried to open it but it was locked.
"You think it has a key?" Trevor asked.
"I don't see a keyhole. So I don't think there's a key." Violet replied.
Then another ring scanner appeared on the wall next to the door. Trevor put in his fist and his ring was scanned.
"Welcome, Optimus Prime." Said the automated voice.
Then the door slowly opened up. It looked like a small closet but that was before they looked inside and saw that it was an elevator. They got inside it and the door closed automatically. Then they started to go down.
"Are we lowering into the rock formation?" Violet asked.
"I think so. That means there must be something down there." Trevor answered.
When they stopped moving, the doors opened up and Trevor and Violet stepped out to see a big open space with metal walls and floors. They walked around for a few minutes and saw some stuff. They saw a medical area and didn't know who would need that. A workshop, and then they came across what looked to be a giant computer. The screen was half the size of the giant window up above, and the keyboard was normal sized.
"That is one huge-ass computer." Violet stated.
"What is it for?" Trevor wondered.
They approached the control board and tried to make something happen. Then Violet found what looked to be some sort of adapter.
"Hey Trev take a look at this." Violet called.
Trevor walked over to her and saw what she saw. It was a small, thin, one inch long plug sticking out of the board.
"Looks like something plugs into it." Violet said.
"Yeah. But What?" Trevor asked.
The Teletraan started to go off. Trevor pulled it out and saw that it was dimly glowing. A small flap from under it opened up and revealed an outlet that looked like it could fit the plug. Trevor got the idea and plugged it in (kind of like an Ipod on an Ihome). The giant screen started to flash and flicker. Then a whole bunch of gauges popped up.
"Teletraan One is now online." Came the automated voice.
Trevor and Violet were now looking at each other.
"Incoming transmission from Iacon. Do you want do answer?" The voice asked.
Violet looked at the screen. "Um, sure." She said feeling uneasy.
When she said yes, the screen flickered again and the image of a giant robot appeared on the screen. But Trevor didn't know this one. This robot was bigger than Hot Rod, and had armor that looked like it came from a modern day crane.
"Are you two the ones called, the AutoKnights?" asked the robot.
"Yeeessss." Trevor said also feeling uneasy.
"Oh, no need to be alarmed." The robot assured. "I am simply the Autobot who designed the base you are in. My name is Grapple. I and my partner Hoist here are the ones who constructed the base."
Another robot called Hoist came into the view of the screen. He was just about as tall as Grapple, and had the armor of a tow truck.
"Hi there." He said.
"Hi." Trevor and Violet both said. "Where is Hot Rod?" Trevor asked.
"He is attending to other business. We are here to tell you how to work the basic things in the base." Grapple said.
"Finally a break!" Trevor thought. "Okay so tell us."
"Simply use your voice." Hoist said. "Almost everything in that place is voice activated. Even Teletraan 1."
"Really? So what can it do?" Violet asked.
"Don't ask us. Ask it." Hoist said. "But call it Teletraan 1."
Trevor and Violet looked at each other again.
"Um, okay." Trevor said before turning his head towards the screen. "Teletraan 1, what can you do?"
Then the computer brought up the screen that looked like it had a bunch of options to choose from.
"Let's see, scan area, contact Cybertron, locate signal, radar, looks like that's all we need." Trevor said as he scanned through the options. "I have to say, Grapple, this place is a work of art."
Grapple smiled. "I know. Oh! I almost forgot. Hot Rod had us leave a little gift for the two of you."
"What is it?" Violet asked.
Grapple pushed a button on his end. "You're new disguises."
Two large hatches opened up from the floor behind the two teens. Out of them rose two vehicles. One was a Peterbilt 379 Semi-Cab 10-wheeler model. Its paint job was the same as the one Trevor had now. The front hood part and front wheel covers were red with blue flame across it. The back wheel covers were the same. Everything in between those two parts was blue with red flames.
The other vehicle was a gloss black 2007 GMC Topkick pickup truck. It was a little bigger than the Vanette disguise Violet already had. There were two smokestacks coming out of the cargo part of the truck.
"What do we need new disguises for?" Violet asked.
"Did you see the cars those guys were driving last night?" Trevor answered. "These things are up to date. We go around looking like this, we'll be good."
"Until we transform that is." Violet said.
"Oh yeah, right." Trevor said chuckling.
They then held up their rings and shouted out, "AUTOKNIGHT TRANSFORM!!" Their rings then started to glow and melt all over their bodies. When the melting stopped, Their AutoKnight suits were on them and the glowing stopped.
"OPTIMUS PRIME!"
"IRONHIDE!"
Grapple and Hoist watched the whole thing. "Impressive. Do you know what to do?" Hoist asked.
"We've done it before." Optimus said.
He and Ironhide then turned their heads towards the vehicles in front of them and their eyes started to glow a very light blue. As they were scanning their new vehicle modes, their suits had also started to glow. When they were done scanning, all glowing stopped.
"Upgrade time is over." Optimus said as he turned around to the screen. "Anything else we need to know about?" He asked the two builder bots.
"Just one more thing." Hoist said. "Hot Rod told me to tell you that your new vehicle forms have scanners that can be found in your local law-enforcement vehicles. That way, you'll know what's going on even outside the base."
"That's great! Thanks guys. You did well." Ironhide said as the transmission ended.
"Okay let's get down to business." Optimus said. "Teletraan 1, scan the nearby area and see if you can find any unusual signals." He said referring to the lost ring.
Outside the base, underwater in the rock formation, a small hatch opened up and a small probe looking bot came out of the hatch went through the force field, and arose from the surface of the water. It rose up to about 300 feet and spun around in the air very slowly.
Back in the base, Optimus and Ironhide were looking at the screen which now had a radar on it. The probe then picked up two signals.
"Well it is working but why are there two signals? One of them must be the ring, but why is the other one moving towards it at a very slow rate?" Optimus said. "Teletraan 1, bring up a visual of the moving signal."
A screen came up below the signal and showed a red excavator vehicle. It was moving through traffic.
"Who is the moron driving that thing?" Ironhide wondered.
Then the parts on the excavator started to move around. The two treads on each side unflattened and rounded themselves to become wheels. A giant red armored head went in between the two wheels. One wheel, it was standing and rolling on. The other one was above his head. The giant scooping arm split half and shifted to become the robots arms.
"Either, that's a lost Autobot who is just a little freaked out, or that's a rampaging Decepticon who is trying to find the ring before we do." Optimus concluded.
The excavator bot then slammed its hands into the ground, sending a lot of cars flying.
"I'm going to go with rampaging Decepticon." Ironhide said. "Where is he?"
"According to the radar," Optimus said. "He's in a nearby city called Langley Falls. Hey, that's where the main CIA headquarters is."
"In that case, I bet you anything that they're going to try and stop him." Ironhide said.
Optimus was scanning the base schematics for an easy way to the surface and found one.
"As advanced as their weapons have come, it's not going to be enough." He said. "Open up the exit tunnel!"
When those words left his mouth, a giant hole in the wall to the left of the computer opened up. A long path that tilted up to the surface was what the two knights were seeing.
"Are we supposed to drive down that?" Ironhide asked.
"Yes we are, just follow me." Optimus answered.
Ironhide nodded her head.
"Alright," Optimus said. "Let's transform and rollout!"
Once the order was given their suits both started to transform. In about thirty seconds, they had taken on the shape of the vehicles they had scanned earlier. Optimus was his new 379 disguise. Where the Peterbilt logo usually is, there was the AutoKnight insignia.
Ironhide was now in her new Topkick mode. Everything looked exactly like the other one, except on her tailgate, was in indent of the AutoKnight insignia.
They revved up their engines and drove out into the tunnel. After a thirty seconds of driving uphill, they soon came to an open space that looked like an empty parking garage. Then a ramp lowered and they drove up it. When they came up, they saw that they were in an alley. The two knights then drove up to the end and waited for it to be clear to turn onto the street. When it was clear, they turned and made their way for the freeway to Langley Falls.
"I've tuned my scanner in to the CIA frequency." Ironhide said as they got on the freeway.
"Good idea." Optimus said as he did the same thing with his scanner.
They son got clear feed back.
"This is special agent, Stan Smith." Said a voice on the scanner. "We have got a giant robot that transformed from an excavator vehicle headed for Langley Falls. All units intercept."
"This is just like forty years ago in Metroville. Remember, Smith?" An older man's voice asked.
"I was two at the time sir. But my mom was there and she took pictures. Where are those AutoKnight people now?"
Optimus and Ironhide turned their scanners off.
"They remember us?" Ironhide asked.
Optimus was just as surprised as she was. "I guess they do. So let's give them a kickass return."
Ironhide agreed and they both sped off towards Langley Falls.
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Me: Finally! It took me days to finish this.
Violet: No kidding. But did you have to make me cry like that?
Me: The story called for it.
Violet: Whatever AK.
Trevor: Hey, where's Steve?
Me: He must have left. I'll call him and tell his whole family to come in for the next chapter. Until then, peace bitches.