Me: Hey, bitches! Chapter eight is right here.
Violet: Finally. Now Starscream is going to get his ass kicked right?
Haley: Yeah. I think that's something we all want to see.
Trevor: When did you guys get here?
Roger: Just a little while ago. And as to your orders, we left Steve behind.
Violet & Trevor: Thank you.
Me: Whatever. I don't own The Incredibles, Transformers, or American Dad. Just Trevor here.
Trevor: No jokes please.
Me: Calm down. Enjoy chapter eight.
(A/N: I will be using the robot modes from the movie, but I will be using a little ingredients from the Animated Series.)
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The AutoKnights II: The American Knights
Chapter 8: The Battle & the Medic
"My mission is the same as Shockwave's. Find and kill you. Only I will succeed where he failed!" Starscream shouted.
Optimus took out his left energon blade. "I've already said this to Demolisher. OVER OUR EMPTY SPARKS!"
"We shall see about that!" Starscream yelled as he made a machine gun appear on his right wrist.
"We shall!" Ironhide yelled.
At that moment, the two AutoKnights, and the one Decepticon, all charged towards each other. When they were in reach, Starscream swung his hand down to crush them. But the missed. Optimus and Ironhide both jumped out of the way in different directions. Ironhide jumped to left and fired her cannons at Starscream. Optimus jumped to the right and took a shot with his blaster at his chest. Three plasma bullets were fired, but none had any effect on the Con. They just ricocheted.
"You call this fighting?!" Starscream shouted as he began to transform his left hand.
His hand had become concealed in machinery as a missile launcher equipped with six missiles look its place. He pointed the launcher at Optimus.
"Eat this Auto fool!" Starscream yelled as he fired one of his missiles at the knight.
Optimus jumped out of the way and the missile flew right passed him and exploded into another car. The Smiths had now hidden behind the alley of the mall to get a clear view and not get killed at the same time.
"I thought he wasn't supposed to be here for 36 hours. He's like eight hours early!" Roger said.
"Tell that to him!" Klaus shouted while pointing at Starscream.
"I hope they can last out there. This guy seems tough." Stan said with worry.
"Was this how it was like when they fought Demolisher?" Haley asked.
"No it was very different. They took down Demolisher with the slightest of ease. This guy isn't even affected by their weapons." Stan said.
"Call Bullock and have him send in some troops to help them out." Francine suggested.
"No." Stan replied.
Francine was a little surprised. "No?! Why not?" she asked.
Steve finally lifted up his head. "Because it would do no good." He said. Now all eyes were on him. "If their weapons couldn't even make so much as a dent, what makes you think ours can? We would help out Starscream more than we would help out Optimus and Ironhide if we sent our own guys into battle with him." He said.
Stan nodded in agreement with his son as everyone else turned their eyes back towards the fight. Steve hung his head down and started thinking again. He was soon interrupted by the sound of another explosion. He looked up and saw a fire ball erupt into the sky as Starscream fired another missile. This time at Ironhide.
Starscream was getting fed up. The AutoKnights couldn't damage him but he couldn't hit them. He was starting to get annoyed. He kept firing missiles at them and they just kept jumping out of the way and took their shots at him. Having had enough, Starscream put away his missile launcher and rocketed to the sky. He stopped at about thirty feet in the air and looked down on his enemies.
"I think this area is damaged enough. Lets see what else there is around here to destroy." He said with a mechanical laugh.
He transformed back into his F-22 mode and flew off towards downtown Langley Falls near the site where the battle with Demolisher took place.
"Transform and roll after him!" Optimus ordered.
"What about the Smiths?" Ironhide asked.
Optimus had to think about this. He knew he shouldn't bring them because that would put their lives at serious risk, but he had to bring them because Stan is in tight with the CIA. And his family wouldn't let him go alone.
"Were going to have to take them with us." Optimus said.
"Are you insane?!" Ironhide shouted
"We need to. We can't just leave them here."
"Right so instead, we take them closer to danger? Do you not see the problem with that, Optimus?"
"I know it sounds crazy, but we need Stan. And I know the rest of them won't let him go by himself. They're coming."
"But Optimus…"
"That's an order!" he shouted.
Ironhide knew what he was doing was completely insane, but she couldn't argue with orders.
"Yes sir." She said.
Optimus and Ironhide transformed into their vehicle modes and found the Smiths. They pulled up next to them and opened their doors.
"Get in!" Optimus shouted.
"Why?!" Stan asked.
"Because we need you to come with us, Stan. And I figured your family is a packaged deal because you want to stay together." Optimus replied.
Stan couldn't argue with that. "Well you are right about that!"
"Well come on then! We gotta roll!" Optimus said.
Stan, Francine and Klaus all got into Optimus while Steve, Haley and Roger got into Ironhide. They soon sped out of the parking lot and towards Starscream.
On the way their, the radio inside Optimus popped out and transformed into a hologram projector. An image of human mode Optimus shone at a foot tall.
"Stan, do you have any way to get in touch with the CIA?" Optimus asked.
Stan didn't know why he would want to know. "Yeah I have my cell phone. Why?"
"Because I need you to call in some planes to compete with Starscream." Optimus answered.
"I thought you didn't want any agencies involved in this." Stan said.
"I know what I said. Screw what I said!" Optimus shouted. "Look Stan, the fact of the matter is, we have a Decepticon on our hands that can fly. Me and Ironhide can't fly. So we need all the help we can get. Even if it means calling in the military. I'm not really liking the idea myself but we need air support while me and Ironhide are stuck down here dammit!"
Stan listened and had to agree with Optimus. "Okay. I'll make some calls." He said as he pulled out his cell phone.
He called Bullock at the CIA. "Bullock, It's Stan Smith." He said.
"Smith, now is not really the best time. We have a problem." Bullock said into the phone.
Stan heard an explosion in the background of the call. "Uh, sir? This problem wouldn't happen to be an F-22 that transformed into a robot would it?" Stan asked nervously.
"How did you know?! Our building has already been attacked!" Bullock shouted.
"Long story. Sir, you have to bring in whatever kind of air support you can." Stan said.
"I already have Smith! The air force is sending in whatever planes they have available to fight it. But I'm having difficulty finding suitable ground support."
"Ground support is on the way sir! It should be there in one minute!" Stan said.
"What kind of ground support?" Bullock asked.
"You'll see." Stan said before hanging up. He then turned his head towards the holo-Prime. "He said air support has been dispatched. Head for the CIA building. That's where he is."
The hologram Optimus disappeared and automatically floored the gas pedal and raced towards the CIA building at high speed with Ironhide trailing.
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(CIA HQ; 1:00 pm)
Starscream was on the ground again and rampaging around the blocks near the CIA building. Bullock and a squadron of police and SWAT officers tried to surround him, but since he could fly, he jumped up and away from the circle and immediately let down a hailstorm of bullets on the officers. Bullock was about ready to call Smith again when he saw two familiar looking vehicles pull up. A Peterbilt 379 and a GMC Topkick from a few days before. When he saw Stan and his family get out of the trucks Bullock ran over to them.
"Smith. Thank God! Where is that ground support you were bringing in?" he asked.
Stan pointed to the two trucks. "Right there sir." He said.
Bullock was confused. "Is this some kind of joke, Smith? We do not have time for this!"
"AUTOKNIGHTS, TRANSFORM!!" Optimus ordered.
The cover and parts on the trucks all started to shift and move around while the trucks started to stand up. In a few more seconds, Optimus and Ironhide stood in their robot modes ready to fight. Bullock and the other officers stood there dumbfounded.
"They're the ground support?" Bullock asked.
"They're the best for the job sir. Trust me." Stan said.
"Let's kick some Decepticon ass." Ironhide said.
"My thoughts, exactly." Optimus said.
The two giant robots fisted each other and began to walk towards Starscream. Optimus turned around.
"Stan, get a hold of the air support and tell them to wait on standby. If Starscream heads for the air again, tell them to engage. Understood?" he said.
Stan looked up. "Understood, Optimus." Stan said as he received a radio from Bullock.
Optimus then looked at the rest of the Smiths. "You guys run for cover. It's not going to get pretty." He said. He was saying that mostly in Steve's direction because of obvious reasons.
They all nodded and ran away from the scene as Optimus continued to walk towards the Decepticon. Starscream hadn't noticed. He was too busy blasting any kind of law enforcement there was trying to inflict damage on him. Of course no damage was done to him but he still didn't like it. Then the sound of jet engines could be heard above him. He looked up and saw squadrons of F-15s, F-22s, and F-18s all circling around him but not attacking.
Starscream pointed his missile launcher at the planes. "So you want to play too, huh?" he said to no one in particular.
"Play with us instead, Starscream." A robotic voice said.
Starscream turned around and saw Optimus and Ironhide in their robot modes with their guns pointed at him. Starscream was somewhat amused as he positioned himself to face them.
"Well well, you have managed to pull off transforming to robot mode." He said with a slight interest. "What fun for me. Now I can fight you hands on."
Ironhide did her signature cannon whirl and pointed them at Starscream. "Fight this." She said as she and Optimus fired.
The thought was now that they were bigger, their guns would do more damage. But that was proven wrong as the bullets did what they have been doing. They simply reflected off Starscream's armor as soon as they hit. Optimus and Ironhide were shocked at this while Starscream just laughed.
"I think I won that fight." He said with a chuckle.
Optimus and Ironhide angrily put away their blasters and got in ready positions. Starscream did the same thing. There were now three giant robots in the middle of the city. Optimus stood at 32 feet tall. Ironhide at 26 feet, and Starscream at 31 feet. Then, as if they had a signal to do so, they all ran towards each other at the exact same time.
When they were about thirty feet away, Starscream jumped towards them reaching out with his arms. Optimus simply caught him in mid air and threw him over his head. Starscream landed on his back and quickly got up. He threw a punch at Ironhide, but she evaded it, grabbed his arm and punched him straight in his robotic face. Ironhide then pushed him back a little and kicked him as hard as she could in his chest. Starscream got the full force of the blow and fell on his back. Optimus looked over him to see if he was done. He wasn't Starscream go back up and tackled Optimus forcing him to the ground. When there, Starscream punched Optimus in the face multiple times until Ironhide punched his face again causing him to roll on his side and stand back up. Ironhide helped Optimus up as the metallic fist fight continued.
Meanwhile a few blocks away, Stan and Bullock were seeing the whole thing and just couldn't watch anymore. Stan knew they needed more help. He quickly got on his radio and started to talking to the air support on standby.
"This is special agent Stan Smith with the CIA. To whom am I speaking?" he said into his radio.
"This is Captain Johnny Young of the 31st airborne division. What do you got, Agent Smith?" was his response.
"We have your target ready to fire on. The target is a giant grey robot fighting in the middle of the city." Stan said.
Captain Young was in his F-22 Raptor when he heard what Stan said. He tilted his plane so he could get a better look at the ground. "Uh sir, there are three giant robots down there. Which one do you want me to fire on?" he asked.
"The dark grey one. The black one and the red and blue one are friendly's. When I give the order, I want you to swoop down and give that thing hell. Do you understand me?" Stan said.
"Yessir. Were awaiting your orders." Captain Young responded.
Stan lowered his radio and looked at Bullock.
"How are you going to let them know about the air strike?" Bullock asked pointing at Optimus and Ironhide.
"Don't worry. When they see the planes, they'll get the idea. They're smart kids." Stan responded.
Stan looked back at the three robots and saw that they were now standing apart. From one another. Optimus and Ironhide were in the middle of the street while Starscream stood on the same street a hundred feet away from them. Stan saw this as his chance.
"Alright go now! Engage! Engage!" Stan shouted into his radio.
Captain Young gave the order to his squadron and they all started to turn and head downwards towards the street. The planes were now two miles away from the robots and closing in straight at them. Optimus then started to hear the sounds of their engines and got an idea. Starscream had started to charge towards him. When he was in reach Optimus grabbed his arms and started to roll backwards on his back. In that motion, he put his feet on Starscream's chest with his legs fully bent. When Optimus had rolled onto his back. He shot out his legs and let go of Starscream's arms, thrusting him into the air. (A/N: The Japanese call this move Tomoenage.)
When Starscream was in the air, the planes were one mile away from him and had their missiles on standby. Captain Young got a lock and pulled the trigger. One of the missiles fired and hit Starscream dead in the chest. The missile exploded and Starscream fell to the ground spinning.
When he didn't move, Optimus thought it was over. But he was proven wrong when, to his and Ironhide's surprise, Starscream got back up. He turned and looked Optimus in the optics.
"Sorry. Gotta jet. Gotta see which pest hit me." He said as he started to fly off.
"NO!!" Optimus yelled.
Optimus knew this was probably a bad idea since he hadn't had much training with these. But he raised his hands to the air. His grapplers flapped open on his wrists and fired the hooks at Starscream. The grapplers automatically wrapped themselves around Starscream's legs and tightened. This caused Starscream to stop in mid air while Optimus struggled to keep him from going anywhere. Starscream increased the power on his turbines and Optimus started to move towards him. Ironhide wrapped her arms around Optimus' waist and began to pull with him. Optimus had started to reel Starscream in and he was getting closer.
Having had enough, Starscream put his thrusters on full power and zoomed towards the sky. Optimus was yanked out of Ironhide's arms as he was pulled up still attached to his grapplers.
"OPTIMUS!!" She yelled reaching out to him.
Starscream knew Optimus was stuck so he decided to have a little fun. Instead of following the planes, he headed back towards the ground still dragging Optimus behind him. He then got so low to the ground Optimus was now skidding across it leaving tracks in the streets. Starscream then made a sharp turn and made Optimus whip into a nearby building and take out most of it's lower base area. Starscream once again headed for the sky. He shot straight up until he was about 1000 feet in the air. He then stopped and hovered there while getting a kick looking at a dangling Optimus Prime. He then took out his machine gun and pointed it at the cables of the grapplers.
"Have a fun ride, AutoKnight." He said as he shot through the cables making Optimus fall.
Optimus screamed as fell as everyone from below just watched in horror. The Smiths who were hiding couldn't believe what they were seeing. Stan and Bullock were trying to figure out where he was going to land. Ironhide just stood there frozen. She couldn't try to catch him as he fell. He weighed too much. There was nothing any one could do as Optimus crashed into the ground causing huge chinks of ground to fly everywhere. When the smoke cleared. No one could spot Starscream. Stan, Bullock, the officers, and Ironhide all began to rush towards the crater where Optimus landed. When they got there, they expected to find Optimus in his robot mode. What they found instead was Optimus at the bottom of the crater unconscious, in human mode.
"Why isn't he still in robot mode?" Stan asked.
"The connection got cut off." Ironhide replied.
"What connection?" Stan asked.
Ironhide knew this wasn't the best time to explain but she did anyways. "When we transform to robot mode, our human bodies are placed inside this machinery and our minds are connected to the robots main interface so we can control it as if it were our own bodies."
Stan nodded understanding so far.
"But if we take a hard enough hit, that connection is cut off and we automatically revert back to human mode. It is involuntary." Ironhide said as she started to transform to human mode and slide down the crater to Optimus.
When she got there, she was relieved to find out that he was alive but knocked out cold. She tried to wake him up.
Meanwhile in a nearby park, Francine, Haley, Steve, Roger, and Klaus had all taken Prime's advice and hidden to protect themselves.
Steve was absolutely horrified at what he had just witnessed. He then realized Optimus was right. This was not a game, this was real. Starscream was actually hurting people. He just sat there feeling like he was the worst guy on the face of the Earth. Then he noticed Roger was gone.
"Where's Roger?" he asked.
Everyone else turned their heads to see if they could find him. "I don't know." Francine said.
"Wait, is that him over there with those other people?" Klaus said pointing in a direction.
Everyone turned their heads in the same direction and saw Roger. He was standing in front of a line of people with a bookie's cap on. He was taking people's money as if he was placing bets. Steve walked towards him.
"Roger, what are you doing?" he asked.
Roger looked back at Steve with an evil smile. "Oh well I always wanted to die rich and this is a gamblers dream. A fight between giant robots." He said as he turned back to the crowd. "I've got $100 for Starscream to win! Anyone wanna match it?"
Steve couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You bet against the AutoKnights?!" he said angrily.
"Of course I did. They're getting their asses kicked. It's the smart bet." Roger said.
"Roger, you can't place bets on them just to make money!" Steve shouted.
"This coming from the guy who threw a party in their base just so he could get laid." Roger said.
"You what?!" Francine shouted.
Steve turned around and realized everyone had heard what Roger said. They were all looking at him with angry eyes.
"And by the way, weren't you the one who said seeing them fight would be the coolest thing you've ever seen?" Roger asked.
Steve hanged his head down. "I was wrong okay? I should never have done something that stupid. I took their trust and abused just to fulfill my own selfish needs. I went behind their backs and betrayed them. I assumed that this was all fun and games when in reality, I should be on my knees worshipping them for all the good they have done for us and the hope the put in all of us."
Steve held up his head and stared at the sight where Optimus crashed. "Oh, if they only knew how sorry I am!" he shouted.
Before anyone could respond, something unusual had started to happen. Light was shining from a small hole in the ground. Out of the hole, rose a small glowing object that started to move. When it moved in front of Steve, it did something no one had ever thought would happen. It stopped. Remembering the story Violet told him of how she got her power, Steve enclosed his hand around the glowing object. When he did, the glowing stopped and in his hand was an AutoKnight ring with a colorless stone. Remembering how the rest of the story went, Steve put on the ring and his eyes and the lenses of his glasses starts to glow with bright white light as he started to look around for a vehicle. He soon spotted an ambulance. It was a yellow Hummer H2 with an emergency stripe across it that looked like a heart rate monitor. He chose it and then started to scan it. When he was done, the glowing in his eyes stopped and his ring's stone was now crystal yellow with a red horizontal stripe across it. All eyes were now on Steve and they were all widened. Roger and the Smiths just looked at him with the same expressions.
Knowing that Optimus needed help, he wasted no more time as he raised his right fist to the air.
"AUTOKNIGHT, TRANSFORM!!" He shouted.
Just like Optimus' and Ironhide's, Steve's ring had started to glow and melt perfectly around the outline of his entire body. His head and his glasses were concealed in the metal. Then the melting stopped. And Steve was now wearing a suit just like Optimus and Ironhide. Only his matched the color scheme of the vehicle he just scanned. It was yellow and across the back, a heart monitor line went across. On his forearms and thighs, were black and silver braces like the ones Optimus and Ironhide had. On his right shoulder, there was a circular patch that read "AutoKnight Search & Rescue" across the border. In the center, was a small AutoKnight insignia.
"RATCHET!!" he called out.
He just stood there in full suit just staring at the sit where Optimus fell. He then started to run towards it.
"Steve, wait!" Francine called.
He stopped and looked back at his mother. "Call me, Ratchet. And I can't wait. I have to go help them!" he said.
"You have to do nothing of the sort! Get back here now!" Francine demanded.
Ratchet didn't move. He kept on staring until he answered. "I'm sorry, Mom. But my team needs me." He said before turning back.
Ratchet didn't run. Instead, he transformed. The sleeves on his arms stiffened and started to expand to three times their usual length. When they were done expanding, the sleeves began to flap open and let loose mechanical parts. Each sleeve had now become the two parts of the H2 Ambulance hood he just scanned. He put them together and made them one. Then the windshield and drivers area of the vehicle transformed out of the sleeves. The braces on his arms slid up the sleeves and spun around until they became the wheels and tires. They aligned themselves where they should go and completed the front section. Then the section began to lower onto Ratchet. The section went down his sleeves as if it was a collapsible mechanism. It lowered until it cover the front part of Ratchet's torso. The front section wheels were placed on the ground and the back section started to transform. Ratchet's legs and back were now erupting with all kinds of machinery. In ten more seconds, the back area of the ambulance was completed and the wheels had taken their spots. The transformation was complete. Ratchet had transformed into his vehicle mode for the first time and the Smiths just stood there with their jaws dropped all the way to the ground.
"I'm sorry. I have to do this." Ratchet's voice said as he turned on his sirens and sped towards the fight scene.
"Steve, no!" Francine cried.
But it was too late. Ratchet was already to far away to turn back now. Francine was now crying along with Haley in fear of that they may never see him again.
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Back at the scene, Optimus was still out in the crater as Ironhide was trying desperately to wake him up and look for Starscream at the same time. She managed to accomplish one of those feats when she spotted Starscream in his vehicle mode now shooting at them at full speed from above. Right before he hit the ground, Starscream transformed to robot mode and landed on his feet two hundred feet away from the knights and the officers. Starscream saw Optimus and laughed.
"Ha! And this is the boy who destroyed Shockwave all those years ago. Pathetic. He is not even worthy to posses Prime's power."
Ironhide was offended by this. "He's the worthiest out of all of us to have his power! You're not even worthy to call yourself a Cybertronian! You're cause means nothing! All you want is total destruction!"
Starscream armed his missile launcher. "You are an annoying little specimen aren't you?" he said while pointing his launcher at them. "But no more."
Starscream fired two missiles at them just as Optimus had come to. When he saw the tow missiles heading towards them, he tried to get up but couldn't. He and Ironhide and the rest of the officers were now frozen waiting for an explosion. One came. But not on the ground. The explosion was in mid-air as one of the missiles exploded for no known reason. Then they saw it. A barrage of machine gun bullets bombarded the second missile and blew it up like the first one. Ironhide looked behind her to see what fired the bullets. What she saw was a short man wearing a familiar looking suit with a machine gun concealing his right hand. The barrel was smoking from the bullets that were just fired. When Ironhide saw who was wearing the suit, she thought she had gone insane.
"Steve?!" she shouted.
When Optimus heard that name, he mustered up enough strength to sit up and turn around to see who it was. And Ironhide was right. It was Steve. Only he was wearing an AutoKnight suit.
"Actually the name's Ratchet." Ratchet said.
Optimus and Ironhide couldn't believe what they were seeing. There were now three AutoKnights. Stan just looked at his son not believing that he had just saved their asses from two giant missiles. When Starscream noticed, he just chuckled.
"So what? There are three of you now. What makes you think this gives you the advantage?" Starscream asked as he started to approach.
Ratchet put a way his machine gun and held up both of his arms. On his sleeves, tow small hatches opened up on both sides of his wrists. Out of the hatches, slid curved bars that bent inwards towards each other resembling a horseshoe. The bars were yellow with red tips. They started to give of sparks of pink electricity. But it wasn't electricity.
Starscream saw what just happened and laughed as he stood on the edge of the crater fifty feet away from Ratchet. "Is that supposed to scare me?!" he shouted.
The horseshoe tips on his wrists were glowing with pink electric looking sparks. "You bet your ass it is." He said as he raised his arms straight up into the air.
He then quickly brought his arms down and pointed them at Starscream. When he did, the pink sparks had now become a full sized blast that went straight at Starscream. When the blast hit, Starscream was actually sent back one hundred fifty feet until falling to the ground on his back.
Optimus and Ironhide and everyone else watched the whole thing impressed and amazed. Ratchet then pointed his arms at Optimus and Ironhide and blasted on other pink beam at them. Instead of being blown back, the energy surrounded the two and did no harm. When Ratchet moved his arms up, Optimus and Ironhide moved with them as if he was controlling them. He placed them down right next to where he was standing.
"What was that?" Ironhide asked.
Ratchet held up his left arm showing them his mod. "These are high powered electro magnets. They can pick up even the heaviest load. And they can send the strongest robots flying." He explained as he retracted them.
Ironhide and Optimus just looked at him. Ratchet stared to until he spoke. "Look, you can hate me all you want right now, but Optimus, you said yourself that you would need all the help you can get. Do you want it or not?"
Optimus sighed. "It depends. Are you going to take this seriously and not fuck around?" he asked.
"I swear to you Optimus Prime, I will not fail you." Ratchet said as he offered him his hand.
Optimus took it and he stood up with Ratchet's assistance. "Okay. Let's kick some Decepticon ass."
"Are you sure you can fight?" Ironhide asked.
"I'm fine." Optimus said as he started to walk towards Starscream's landing spot with Ratchet and Ironhide following him. Before they could reach it, Starscream powered up his turbines and flew into the sky and hovered thirty feet above them.
"You will not win, AutoKnights!" he yelled as he started to fire his machine gun down on them.
"Take cover!" Optimus shouted.
At once all three AutoKnights took off in their own directions to find shelter. There were several alleys in the street they were on and they all headed towards their own. Starscream managed to get a hit in before they disappeared. While Ironhide was still running, she made a wrong turn and got hit in her right wrist with five or more bullets. She was now groaning in pain as she was still running. Optimus and Ratchet were worried to but they kept on. Ironhide turned on her new force field mod to shield herself from the barrage of bullets to prevent more damage. Ratchet was using his magnets to send them away. As for Optimus, he was twirling his twin energon blade so fast not a single bullet could get through. When they all reached their cover spots, Starscream stopped firing and lowered himself to the ground slowly. He started looking in the alleys to find the AutoKnights.
"Come out and fight me, Auto scum!" he shouted. "You think you are worthy to possess that power? You don't even have their courage!"
Starscream started firing in every alley he went into hoping to shoot one of them. Ratchet saw this from the alley he was in. He was on the other side of the street. He was now completely fed up with this guy coming in from another planet and destroying everything in sight. Plus he hurt Ironhide. He was not tickled by that fact. Ratchet closed his eyes and began to scan his own systems searching for anything he could use. He found many different kinds of tools. Buzz saw, calibration laser, searchlight, and then he found something and smiled as he opened his eyes. He looked around the alley and found a ladder that led to the roof of the building he was next to. He slowly climbed up the ladder and bought out the mod he found. A flap on his lower left arm opened up and a chrome plated mod came out. The mod looked like the motor of an opened hood hot rod. It had two twin firing barrels right next to each other. This mod had its own power settings and focus levels. He place in his settings and climbed to the top.
Starscream was still looking and firing when Ratchet reached the top. Ratchet started to get ready for what he was about to do. The barrels of the mod were now glowing a yellow light. Starscream hadn't noticed he was up there standing right behind him yet.
"You think you can defeat me?!" Starscream yelled.
"Yeah, I do." Said Ratchet behind him.
Starscream turned around and saw Ratchet on the roof of a building pointing his left arm at him. The mod started to glow brighter and then, two twin yellow narrow beams fired at Starscream and hit dead on in the chest. Starscream was dimly glowing yellow as he screamed. Then the glowing stopped, and his systems started to whir down. Starscream was motionless until he finally fell on his side into the street.
Optimus and Ironhide came out of hiding and slowly started to approach Starscream. Ratchet jumped down from the roof and landed nicely on his feet. Stan, Bullock, and the other officers started to approach as well. Ratchet was smiling as Optimus and Ironhide just stared at him surprised. Ironhide was holding her left wrist as she talked.
"What the hell did you do to him?" She asked Ratchet.
Ratchet held up his left arm and showed them the mod. "This is an electromagnetic pulse generator. It can take out any thing electronically powered for a designated amount of time with one zap." He explained.
Optimus kicked Starscream's head. "Is he permanently down?" he asked.
"No. He should come to in a bout five minutes." Ratchet replied.
"Why didn't you just try to wipe him out completely or something?" Ironhide asked.
"Because then I would have had to set this thing on full power. If I did that, I could have overloaded this thing and wiped out everything electronically powered within a ten mile radius. Including the equipment at the CIA." Ratchet answered.
"Oh." Optimus simply replied knowing he was right.
"Five minutes gives me just enough time to scan his systems." Ratchet said as the lenses on his glasses started to glow.
"For what?" Optimus asked.
"For any kind of mod that could have made your weapons ineffective on him." Ratchet answered as he began the scan.
He kept on scanning for a minute straight. He had found nothing so far.
"Well, nothing yet but……hello." He said as he spotted something on Starscream's right wing shoulder.
A small mod was ledged in between two of his armor panels. It was in the shape of a round orb and was glowing white. Ratchet started to climb up on Starscream's body to reach the mod.
"Steve, are you sure you should be doing that?" Stan asked.
Ratchet turned around. "Call me Ratchet. And trust me Dad, he can't do anything right now." He said as he reached the mod.
A small scoped slid down onto the right lens of Ratchet's glasses. The scope, telescoped a little before stopping at an inch in length. Through this scope, Ratchet analyzed the mod and it's abilities and gave a satisfied sigh.
"Well?" Optimus asked.
Ratchet looked up at Optimus. "This mod is what caused our weapons to be useless on him. It's a deflector shield mod. Any type of bullet fired at him is reflected in another direction." He explained. "It looks like he just got this thing installed right before he took off from Cybertron."
"That son of a bitch." Ironhide said with anger.
"But no more." Ratchet said as he reached in and pulled out the shield mod.
He tossed the mod into the air and fired on it with his machine gun. The mod obliterated in mid-air and Ratchet climbed off of Starscream for he was now beginning to come back online.
Starscream stood up and noticed he was surrounded by humans. He jumped over them and aimed at them with his missile launcher arm.
"You think you can shut me down again?!" He yelled.
Optimus took out both of his blasters. "We don't plan to do that move again." He said as he fired them at Starscream.
This time, instead of reflected away like Starscream expected, the bullets hit him directly in his lower abdomen like Prime expected. Starscream backed away and looked at his shoulder to find something missing.
"My shield mod! You little twerps! I'll get for that!" he said as he started to approach.
"Wanna bet?" Ironhide said as she let go of her arm and pulled out her left cannon. "I'm going to enjoy doing this." With that said she fired.
Her bullet hit Starscream with a lot more force as he was blown back a few yards. Getting annoyed he pointed his missile launcher at them and prepared to fire.
But Ratchet was not ready to be blown up yet. Thinking quickly, he held out his right arm and brought out that buzz saw mod he found while scanning his systems earlier. The saw started to spin and buzz as Ratchet made a throwing motion with his arm. Right when it should have, the saw detached itself from Ratchet and flew like a shuriken at Starscream.
Before he even had a chance to get a clear view of the thing, it cut it's way right through Starscream's right arm and then flew in a circle back to Ratchet. In three more seconds, the arm fell completely off of Starscream and on to the ground, disabling the missile launcher.
"MY ARM!!" Starscream screamed.
He was now starting to panic as the AutoKnights slowly started to approach him with their weapons drawn and pointed right at him. Starscream thought about taking them on again but then he realized there were still plane in the air ready to fire on him. With his defenses at a low level, Starscream knew he had no other choice. He picked up he amputated arm and flew up.
"You my have won this round AutoKnights! Savor your victory while you can! I WILL BE BACK!!" he yelled as he flew off towards space to Cybertron.
The AutoKnights put their weapons away as everyone else had begun to cheer out of victory. They then started to clap for them as they turned around and smiled. Stan approached his son with the same looking smile. He put a hand on his shoulder.
"I am very proud of you, son. You fought bravely and I cannot be happier for you." Stan said.
Ratchet looked down and smiled. "Thank you, Dad." He said.
Optimus and Ironhide smiled at him too. "And I guess, we can forgive you for what you did." Optimus said.
"Really?" Ratchet said hopefully.
Ironhide nodded. "Yeah. Since it's your house too now, we technically can't be mad at you for having a party in it."
"What?!" Stan shouted.
"It's nothing Stan. Forget about it." Optimus said. "Maybe we should head back there."
Ironhide tried to mover her right arm but when she tried, a sharp pain shot up it and she yelped.
"Are you alright?" Optimus asked.
Ironhide sighed. "No. When I was running for cover, Starscream got me in my right wrist. I can't even bring out my cannon."
"Let me take a look." Ratchet said.
Ratchet then brought out his lens scope and scanned Ironhide's arm.
"Oh it's not that bad. All we have to do is bring you back to the base and I can fix that up in a heartbeat." Ratchet said.
Optimus looked at him. "How do you know?" he asked.
"I don't really know the answer to that myself. But when I first put on that ring and transformed, it felt like all this knowledge just flowed into my head." Ratchet explained.
"Yeah I know how that feels." Ironhide said recalling the first time she transformed.
"Can you transform to vehicle mode?" Optimus asked.
"I don't know." She responded.
She tried to do so, but transforming required her to move both of her arms. And that was something she just couldn't do right now.
"No. I'll have to ride with one of you." She said as she grabbed her arm.
"Okay then. Ratchet, let's transform and rollout" Optimus ordered.
Ratchet was the first to transform. He did exactly what he had don earlier and took on the shape of his yellow H2 Hummer ambulance mode.
"Nice vehicle mode." Optimus commented.
"Thank you." Ratchet responded as he opened his door to let Stan in.
Optimus Transformed into his 379 mode and opened up his door so Ironhide could get in. They then went to the nearby park where, Francine, Haley, Roger, and Klaus were hiding out. When they got there, Francine, Haley, and Klaus all cheered for their victory. Roger was now angry for he was writing multiple checks and giving them to people he's never met before. Optimus got the idea of what he was doing.
"Was he betting against us?" He asked Ratchet.
"Yeah he was." Ratchet answered.
Optimus was now revving his engine in a pattern that sounded like he was angry. "Okay. I officially hate him more than I hated you." He told Ratchet.
"Yeah. Roger has that effect on people." Ratchet said with a chuckle.
Optimus chuckled with him as the Smiths all got in. Francine got in Ratchet with her husband, and Roger and Haley ran inside Optimus while holding Klaus. Then they all started to head back to base at the Chesapeake Bay.
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Me: Well? What do you think?
Trevor: That was the longest thing you have ever written. AND IT WAS AWESOME!!
Violet: Steve, you are forgiven.
Steve: Thanks. Is the story over AK?"
Me: No. There is still one more chapter left. I'll get right on it as soon as I can. Until then, peace bitches.