Trevor: Hey everyone, it's Trevor. AK isn't here right now because as you all know, he's out looking for a job.
Violet: That guy just can't catch a break.
Steve: Maybe he's looking in all the wrong places.
Trevor: Oh hey, Steve. When did you get here?
Steve: Just a few minutes ago.
Violet: I thought the rest of your family would be here.
Steve: They will be by the time this is over. Now, someone do the disclaimer.
Trevor: I'll do it. AK does not own Transformers, The Incredibles, or American Dad. He only owns me. And no one better make any jokes about that or I will hunt you down as Optimus and slice you with my blades. Enjoy Chapter 3.
The AutoKnights II: The American Knights
Chapter 3: Demolisher & New Friends
The red excavator robot was still rolling through traffic trying to get a lock on the signal it was tracking. But unfortunately for him, he was not having much luck in that area. Meanwhile on his tail, the CIA vans and tanks were trailing him.
"This is Stan Smith. All units proceed with caution. All assault vehicles surround him and wait for my signal to fire."
The tanks formed a circle around the rolling robot and aimed their huge cannons at him. The robot stopped moving and rolled around looking at everyone. Agent Stan Smith and pulled up in front of one of the tanks and drew out his side arm. All the tanks were ready to fire.
"FIRE AT WILL!" Stan ordered.
All the tanks fired upon the robot as well as the many agents with their machine guns and pistols. When the smoke cleared, they were all chocked to see that there was little to no damage done to the robot. Then the robot raised his shovel hands to the air.
"I am Demolisher! Remember that name, for it will be your downfall!" He shouted as he slammed his hands into the ground in front of the tanks.
The tanks were sent flying in different directions and everyone close was screaming for their lives. With a clear path, Demolisher continued rolling down the street. Stan noticed that that robot was rolling right next to an above ground freeway. He got on his radio.
"Bullock, block off the freeway. I don't want anyone to get near that thing."
Agent Avery Bullock was two miles away from Demolisher on the freeway setting up a roadblock. "I already did Smith. There's not one car on the freeway. They were instructed to exit as soon as possible. I…..wait a minute. What do these two think they're…..OH MY GOD!" He yelled as he dove out of the way. A flamed Peterbilt 379 and a black GMC Topkick had just sped past him and destroyed Bullock's roadblock. Bullock got back on his radio.
"Smith, there are two vehicles headed your way. Intercept them and get them off the freeway!" Bullock ordered.
"Who would be stupid enough to head towards this kind of danger?"
Meanwhile with the two trucks, they had come to a stop on a spot on the freeway right in front of Demolisher's path.
"What do we do now, Optimus?" The Topkick asked.
"I'll go robot mode and keep him distracted. Ironhide, you go human mode and try to find his weak spot." Optimus instructed.
"Sounds good." Ironhide said.
Two Black Ford explorers were speeding towards them and stopped right in front of them.
"This is Stan Smith of the CIA. Turn your vehicles around and proceed off of the freeway."
"AUTOKNIGHTS, TRANSFORM!" Optimus ordered.
Instantly after those words were said, the 379 moved and shifted as it transformed. The back section of the truck flipped down and formed legs. The whole truck changed, becoming a 32-foot tall giant that towered over the CIA agents. Its torso was entirely red, and its legs were blue, as was its armored head. In place of its mouth was a mask-like faceplate, and it had two antennae on each side of its head, along with an elongated pentagon-shaped object in the center of its forehead. Its eyes were a glowing blue. The windows and doors of the truck were attached to its chest and the smokestacks poked out of its shoulders.
The Topkick's hood split into two pieces and all of the machinery underneath had started to shift as well. Only it was not getting bigger, it was getting smaller. The smokestacks on the bed had folded down and the bed itself split into two pieces to become legs. Then the form was glowing as all the machinery disappeared and it all became clothing-like material. It was being worn by a fifteen year old girl with long black hair.
The CIA agent were now dumbfounded as they nervously drew out their guns.
"Wait!" Ironhide shouted. "We mean you no harm! We heard what you said on your radios about the AutoKnights, well we are them!"
Stan wasn't buying it. "You can't be the AutoKnights! You're too young to be them! They existed in the sixties!"
This time, Optimus spoke. "Ironhide stop making small talk. Here he comes!"
Demolisher was a few hundred feet from where everyone was standing on the elevated freeway. When He passed by, Optimus jumped from the freeway and onto Demolisher's head. Ironhide jumped off of the freeway and gracefully landed on the ground to run after them. Demolisher was going everywhere now hat he couldn't see.
"Get off of me, Autobot!" He shouted.
"One, its AutoKNIGHT, two, the name is Optimus Prime, and three, pull over!" Optimus shouted as his right hand converted to and energy blade.
Optimus took his blade and put it through Demolisher's right eye. Demolisher screamed and took his hand, grabbed Optimus, and threw him into a nearby building. After the throw, Demolisher rolled off. Optimus reverted to his human mode and Ironhide approached him.
"Optimus are you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine Ironhide." Optimus answered as Ironhide helped him up. "Did you notice any weak spots?" Optimus asked.
Ironhide shook her head. "No I couldn't. That thing is a tank on a wheel."
Optimus then started thinking. "Wheel, wheel…….THAT'S IT!" He shouted.
"What?" Ironhide asked confused.
"Aim for the giant tires. He won't be able to go anywhere!" Optimus instructed. As he reached with both hands behind his back and grabbed hold of his blasters.
Two hatches on Ironhide's sleeves open up and two large cannons came out and charged up. Stan was standing behind them and took a picture out of his wallet. The picture was taken back in the sixties by his mother. The picture was of the real AutoKnights. When he compared the people in the picture to the people he saw now, he realized they were telling the truth.
"You guys are the AutoKnights!" Stan exclaimed. "But…how?"
"We'll explain everything later." Optimus said as he turned back to Demolisher and cocked his guns. "Ironhide you ready?"
"Always am." Ironhide said.
"Well then, FIRE!" Optimus commanded.
Ironhide whirled her cannons around and fired at the tire above Demolisher's head. Optimus took his blasters and focused all his fire power on the wheel Demolisher was currently rolling on. They kept firing until finally, the tires were completely destroyed. With no tires to roll on demolisher fell to the ground. Ironhide and Optimus walked slowly as they kept firing to weaken him. After about ten rounds each, Demolisher was completely immobile. But he could still speak. Optimus and Ironhide lowered their weapons and approached Demolisher's head. Stan and his agents followed.
"Punk ass Decepticon." Ironhide said.
"Any last words?" Optimus asked Demolisher as he put away his left blaster.
"You will not win this war, AutoKnight. Megatron will conquer all." Demolisher said.
"Over our empty sparks." Optimus said as he cocked his gun, pointed it at Demolisher's head and pulled the trigger. "That's the second time I've killed a Decepticon in that fashion."
Ironhide chuckled and put away her cannons. Optimus did the same with his blaster. Stan then approached them.
"You guys were amazing. But I still need an explanation." Stan said.
"We can't tell you out here in the open. We have to go somewhere safe." Ironhide said.
"Come with me to my house. My family is one you can trust." Stan suggested.
Optimus and Ironhide thought about it for a while before deciding.
"We're not sure. But I guess we can trust you since you're a CIA man." Optimus said.
"Good. Come on. My ride is over here." Stan said pointing to his black Ford Explorer.
"Oh no its okay. We'll just follow you." Ironhide said.
"But you can't drive." Stan said forgetting about heir other forms.
"Oh yeah? Watch this. Transform and Rollout!" Optimus ordered.
Optimus' sleeves began to move and shift into machinery and soon became two parts of his 379 modes frond hood. He put both of his hands together to make the hood and grille one piece. The black and silver brace and his upper arms began to grow into wheels and tires and soon positioned themselves underneath the front wheel covers. Then his legs began to do the same thing as his arms only his legs became the trailer rig for the truck. Both of his legs were put together to make the rig complete. Then the braces on his thighs grew into the eight back wheels and took their place under the red wheel covers. Then Optimus' back began erupting with machinery. The middle section of the truck took shape. The windows were aligned and the lights flickered on. Finally, the two smokestacks emerged from the sides, thus completing his transformation.
Now it was Ironhide's turn. Her legs went first. They separately unfolded into both halves of the pickup bed. She put the legs together to form the complete bed. Her thigh braces soon grew and became the back wheels and tires. Next her arms began to transform. Both of them soon became one half of the front part of the Topkick. When she put both of them together, the front part was whole. Then the two halves of the hood rose up and slammed down in their rightful place. The GMC logo slid down onto the center of the grille. Then her upper arm braces transformed into the front wheels and tires and they aligned themselves. Next, her back part of her suit did the same thing as Optimus'. Machinery rose out of it and took its shape as the mid section of the truck. Finally, her two smokestacks rose up out of the bed ad her transformation also was done.
The two AutoKnights revved up their engines as everyone nearby just watched what happened.
"Were you always able to do that?" Stan asked with his jam dropped.
Ironhide turned around so her front part faced Stan. "Yes. Now can we please get out of here?"
Stan nodded his head and got in his car. Then he remembered something.
"Hey! Since you guys are the ones who know what this thing is, what do want to do with it?" Stan asked pointing to the dead Demolisher.
Optimus drove over and rigged his body up to his back. "We don't want this to fall into the wrong hands. So we'll take it and dismantle it."
Stan agreed that was probably for the best and drove towards home with Ironhide and Optimus following. It took them about twenty minutes on the freeway to reach Langley Falls. When they got there. Stan got on his cell phone and called his wife.
"Hello?"
"Hey Francine it's me."
"Oh Stan are you alright?"
"Of course I'm alright. What would make you think I wasn't?"
"I saw the news. I saw fighting that horrible monster! Is it dead now?"
"Yes, honey its dead. Listen, I'm just getting off the freeway and I should be home in like five minutes. You, the kids, Roger, and Klaus have to come outside to see what I brought home with me."
"What is it, Stan?"
"It's a surprise. Just be out there in five minutes and I promise you won't be disappointed."
"Well alright. See you in a few."
"Bye honey."
Both of them hung up and Stan and the knights headed towards the right neighborhood.
Five minutes later, in front of the Smith home, Francine, Haley, Steve, Roger, and Klaus were all outside to see what Stan wanted to show them. Then Stan pulled up in the driveway as a GMC Topkick and a Peterbilt 379 just stopped on the street.
Stan got out of his SUV and walked over to his family.
Francine just looked at the two trucks in the street and started to get a bad feeling.
"Stan, please don't tell me that car dealer tricked you again." Francine said remembering the events that transpired the last time that happened.
"No Francine. I wasn't tricked by anyone." Stan assured his wife.
Francine sighed in relief. "So what did you want to show us?"
"You'll see. Alright guys! You're all clear! Do your thing!" Stan said.
Before transforming, Optimus backed up and let Demolisher's body off the rig, right in front of the Smiths. Stan was the only one not freaking out.
"DAD, WHAT THE HELL?!" Haley shrieked.
"Relax. It's dead. Besides, that's not what I wanted to show you." Stan pointed out.
"Then what is it?" Roger asked as he straightened his wig.
"Them." Stan said as he pointed two the two trucks. "Alright guys. Do it!"
Almost immediately, the two trucks began to transform back into their human modes. Basically they did everything when they transformed to vehicle mode. Only this time, the process was reversed. After about ten seconds of transforming, two teenagers stood before the Smiths. All of them but Stan were completely shocked.
"Dad, are those…?" Steve couldn't finish.
"Yes son they are. These are the AutoKnights."
As soon as he heard "AutoKnights", Roger immediately fainted.
Optimus and Ironhide looked at each other. "Um…can we take these things off now, Prime?" Ironhide asked.
Optimus nodded. "Yeah. Power down."
Optimus and Ironhide held their right hands in front of their faces. They clenched their fists and closed their eyes concentrating. Their suits started to glow and turn into liquid metal. The metal soon shrunk and turned back into the polished silver rings with colored stones. Trevor and Violet were standing before them. Trevor was still wearing his blue jeans and black flame streaked shirt with his dark blonde hair combed back. Violet was wearing khaki pants and a pink polo shirt. The Smiths just watched in amazement at what just happened.
"Are you just gonna stand there staring at us all day, or are you gonna move around?" Trevor asked.
"Oh uh yes. Come inside." Francine offered.
Trevor and Violet nodded their heads then looked at Roger who was still on the ground. "Does he need any help?" Violet asked.
"No he's fine." Steve said as he helped Roger up.
They all proceeded inside the house and they stopped in the front room.
"Nice place." Trevor stated.
"Thank you." Francine said. "Now tell us, are you the real AutoKnights?"
Trevor and Violet were confused. Stan got a little angry as he pulled out the picture from the sixties. Francine saw that the two teenagers in the picture looked exactly like the two standing before her.
"Oh I guess you are." Francine said. "But, you guys look exactly the same as if this picture was taken yesterday."
Trevor and Violet looked at each other and laughed a little.
"That's because for us, that picture WAS taken yesterday." Violet said.
Now everyone was confused.
"If we all could just sit down me and Violet will explain everything. But first, introductions. My name is Trevor Bauer. And like I said, this is Violet Parr." Trevor introduced.
"Hello." Violet said as she waved her hand.
"Oh of course. We're the Smiths. I'm Stan. This is my wife Francine, my daughter Haley, my son Steve, and our good friend Roger. Oh yeah and our talking goldfish Klaus."
As Stan introduced his family, they all said hello one at a time.
"Okay nice to meet all of you. But before we start the story, could Roger take off that wig?" Trevor asked.
The Smiths were now all nervous about Roger's cover. "Wha-What are you talking about?" Stan asked with a nervous smile.
"Oh please. That is an alien wearing a wig. He has grey skin, and his head is big enough to have two brains. Anyone who couldn't notice that before is retarded. No offense." Trevor said.
"None taken." Roger said as he slid the wig off of his head. "I guess this means I have to kill you."
"No. No one has to kill anyone." Violet said. "You keep quiet about us, we'll keep quiet about you. It's a simple bargain."
"Deal." The Smiths said.
"Okay now onto the story." Trevor said.
It took Trevor and Violet twenty minutes to explain how they got their power. Of course to make it shorter, Trevor had to skip the part about his family being dead. Finally, they finished the story.
"So there you have it. Me and Violet are from the sixties and were here in the future to find the other rings and save this world from Decepticon rule." Trevor explained.
All the Smiths were interested. Especially Roger.
"Wow, so you're aliens too!" Roger said excited.
"No. We were born on this planet. We just have the ability to summon the power of ten billion year old alien robots. There's a difference." Violet said.
"Oh. So that thing outside is a Decepticon?" Haley asked.
"No. It's a dead Decepticon. In fact, we should head back to the base and dismantle him." Trevor asked.
"Base? What base?" Stan asked.
"Remember when you were out at Chesapeake Bay searching? Did you know what you were searching for?" Trevor asked.
"Yeah. My boss told me something was being built underwater." Stan answered.
"That's right. But did he know what was being built?" Violet asked.
"No he didn't." Stan said. "Wait a minute! Are you saying you found whatever is under there?"
Trevor and Violet looked at each other and chuckled a bit. "We didn't have to find it." Trevor said. "It was made just for me and Vi. And we had help getting in."
"What are you talking about?" Francine asked.
"Oh right! We left that part out." Violet realized. "You see, before me and Trev here came to the future, which was yesterday, we were told by our Autobot allies on Cybertron that an underwater base was being built for us. We were sent to the future to the exactly one day after it was fully operational. Yesterday."
"You have to promise not to tell anyone about this." Trevor said. "Including the CIA. They're probably already looking for us after taking Demolisher's body from a fight scene. If they find the base, we are screwed."
"We understand. Right Stan?" Francine asked.
Stan didn't really like keeping things from the CIA. Especially something like this. He already had enough trouble keeping Roger under wraps. But he knew he had to. For Earth's sake.
"I understand fully." Stan said.
"Thank you so much." Violet said.
"Wait a minute." Steve said. "If you guys are from the sixties, does that mean you left your families behind?"
Now all eyes were focused on the knights. Of course they always were. There was just more concern now.
Violet and Trevor looked at each other and had sad looks on their faces. Violet knew Trevor did not want anyone else knowing the truth about his family yet. So she took the liberty of answering.
"It was a hard decision to make. But we had no other choice. It was either stay with them and let the world get taken over, or go and save them all from annihilation. We know they didn't want us to go, but left knowing that they love us and that they are proud of us. And that's all we need."
Trevor smiled at her as she finished.
"Well, we should probably get going. We have to take Demolisher's body back to the base and dismantle him." Trevor said as he stood up.
"Wait. You guys are leaving already?" Roger asked.
"We have to. The longer his body stays out there, the more time the CIA has to find it." Violet said.
"Can you at least come back tonight for dinner?" Francine asked.
Trevor and Violet looked at each other and then smiled.
"Ya know what, sure. Our base does have food, but we'll be here. What time?" Trevor asked.
"Come around 6:30. You won't be disappointed." Francine assured them.
"Okay great!" Trevor said as him and Violet walked out the door.
"Gonna be one hell of a long drive from here back to the base. How are we going to explain that?" Violet said pointing to Demolisher.
"We'll just say that he was a failed experiment and were trying to find a junkyard." Trevor said as he fiddled with his ring.
"Good as any." Violet said.
This time they quietly transformed back into their AutoKnight modes and then Optimus went to his vehicle mode.
"Alright Ironhide, load him up." Optimus said as he backed his rig up to Demolisher.
Ironhide used every bit of her strength to get Demolisher rigged up to Optimus. After about five minutes, they finally got him loaded. Ironhide transformed into her vehicle mode and they drove off towards the Chesapeake Bay.
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Me: Hey! You guys read it without me?
Trevor: You wrote it. So you already read it.
Steve: Yeah.
Me: Hey you made it, Steve.
Haley: Yeah we all did this time.
Stan: I gotta tell ya AK, you have got to make me look cooler.
Roger: What? If anything he should make me cooler.
Stan: You?! Please if he wanted to make you cooler, he would have actually given you a second brain because you obviously need one.
Me: Um guys…?
Roger: Really? Well if he wanted to make you cooler he would have replaced you're chin with a normal shaped chin. Seriously that thing is wrong!
Me: Guys?
Stan: Are you saying you think I'm deformed?!
Roger: No……Oh wait yes I am.
Stan: You know what I take it back. If AK did give a second brain, you would probably drink so much the first one would go dead!
Me: Ooooohhhhh.
Roger: (eye twitches) Oh it is on! (Punches Stan. A fight commences.)
Me: Is it like this all the time?
Haley: Pretty much.
Violet: Should we break them up?
Francine: Nah. They'll be fine.
Me: Well ok. See you guys in chapter 4. (a vase breaks and black ash falls everywhere) MY GRANDMA!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! (Joins the Fight)