Transformers: The Guardians Part 1

by CRAZMech Productionz

Between universes there are the odd, the wicked, the good, and the mentally insane. A different breed of mechs have been found and now Prime and his crew have to learn to live with them... Armada/Energon: GGG

15. Get ready for launch!

Chapter 15 ~ "Get ready for launch!"

The next morning, Sideswipe had trudged tiredly into the kitchen and grabbed a can of regular-grade energon and soft flux bar. When making his way over to the couch he spotted a sight to see, and smirked, "Well I'll be damned..." he tiptoed over to the ninja bot, who was curled up in the chair next to the couch where Scavenger was lying down with his head on the armrest. He shook VolFogg lightly, "Hey Vol? Wake up dude..."

VolFogg stirred, taking his time about it. Raising his head, he yawned, stretching like an auto-lion, then blinked up at Sideswipe. For once he wasn't on a hair trigger upon awakening.

Sideswipe blinked, shaking him a little harder, "Hey! Come on wake up!" he tapped him on the head, "We're raising the ship today so get your butt in gear and wake up the old crockbot would ya?"

VolFogg aimed a half-hearted, lazy kick in the other mech's direction. "I am awake... damn you morning people." Sitting up, he stretched like a cat, yawning again. After a moment, he flowed off the chair and onto his feet, walking over to the couch.

Scavenger was snoring... as usual like a chainsaw. He grumbled in his sleep, his snoring somehow rousing Prime and the other bots as he walked in with RaiRyu by his side and FuuRyu next to the yellow bot; Megatron had entered, obviously ticked off about something. He spotted the bottle and cans of high grade, "Damnit he drank my high grade!"

"He was already well gone when I found him," VolFogg commented, regarding the old mech. Reaching out, he shook Scavenger's shoulder. "Don't make me borrow some charge from Rai..."

Scavenger grumbled and turned onto his side, back turned towards the purple bot. Megatron chuckled, "That's not how you wake him..." The former con leader walked over casually and stood directly over the older mech. With a thoughtful smirk and a raise of his fist, he brought it down HARD onto Scavenger's head and the older mech gave a loud roar. Megatron smirked, "THAT'S how you wake him up."

VolFogg jumped out of the way. If he could have rolled his eyes, he would have. Walking over to RaiRyu, he managed to tease a small electrical charge out of the dragon of lightning's systems, allowing the charge to jump from finger to finger, forming a ring. "This usually works, too... It gets through to Goldymarg, anyway."

Scavenger growled, jumping to his feet and throwing a fist to Megatron's face, sending the con flying across the room and onto the opposite couch. Prime rolled his optics, placing a hand on RaiRyu's shoulder, "Can we get these boys strapped in? I would like to head out for the next bounty head on the list please..." He watched as Scavenger walked to the kitchen and brew up some hot energon.

VolFogg flicked the borrowed charge back to RaiRyu, who absorbed it without looking up. "The twins are probably still asleep... and I haven't heard a peep from Goldy at all." He went to check on the others and help prepare them for takeoff.

Megatron staggered to his feet, ridding his head of the dizziness, "Bah... bloody hell Scavenger..." he quickly grabbed a can of regular energon and headed for the Pilot's deck. Prime just shook his head and guided RaiRyu to the couch, sitting him down with FuuRyu next to him and strapping them in. He tightened the buckle, "All right, you both get ready, this is gonna one hell of a ride..."

VolFogg got EnRyu and HyoRyu strapped in, checking on Mic and the massive orange form of Goldymarg before joining GunDober and GunGlue. The ninja team settled in for the launch. "We're ready."

Prime nodded, having helped a still very cranky Scavenger onto the pilot's deck and getting him into his seat of control. SideSwipe was settling next to him in the tech support chair, bringing up the instructions by the control tower and hearing them over the comn giving the okay, "All right guys we got the green light..." he tapped at the holo-screen. Prime had sat him self in the Pilot's chair,

"Ready..." he held onto the controls on the ship, pushing the red button initiating the launch sequence as Megatron activated the engines and spare boosters. "Initiating launch in 5..." Megatron tapped at the screen, "4....3..." Sideswipe was preparing the tech control as Scavenger was get the coolant systems ready, "2...1...Launch!" And without a moments notice, the ship blasted off in space.

VolFogg and the others rode it out, GunDober actually letting out a whistle of excitement. They'd never been through a launch like that; the GGG ships they were used to launched more gradually and a lot more gently.

The ship had made it past Cybertron's moons before Sideswipe began the next system, "Get ready for warp jump..." he tapped in the coordinates, "Hang on to your butts guys, we're heading for the Polar solstice planet..." With that he tuned in on the signal and began the warp jump, the ship itself went into hyper drive as the warp gate opened and allowed the ship to enter.

VolFogg tilted his head as he heard a familiar groan. "About time you woke up, you big lump." The response was a grumble that sounded like "shove it up your exhaust, bolt-brain." The ninja mech only snorted in response.

It wasn't long until the ship had warped itself to its destination, slowing down from hyper speed to a slow drift when coming upon a light blue and white planet. Prime set the ship on Auto-pilot to land on the planet, then headed down for the common room. He went into the large closet and pulled out a pile of what looked to be large thermo-cloaks, "All right boys, bundle up.."

VolFogg took one, wrapping it around himself. GunDober took one, then looked at his twin. GunGlue twitched his rotors, shrugging. "Do you have one in 'helicopter'?" VolFogg asked no one in particular. "And then there's that big lump..." He indicated the massive orange robot who had just stepped out of another room. The orange robot glared at him in response.

Prime chuckled, handed him one in extra large, then grabbing one and handing it to RaiRyu, FuuRyu helped him patch it on. "You all need to be careful while we're on this planet, the bounty head we're looking for is part organic and has a taste for oil and cold temperatures. The cold on this planet is basically twice as cold as the arctic on Earth, so make sure that the cloaks are on ALL THE TIME."

"We can operate comfortably in space, and space is a helluva lot colder than any planet!" the huge orange robot shot back. VolFogg regarded him for a moment, then pulled out his slingshot again, bouncing another bolt off an orange helm. "Cool it, hammer-head."

Megatron just shook his head, having given EnRyu and HyoRyu their thermo-cloaks; "Swipes and Mic are going to stay on the ship with Scavenger..." He looked back at the old mech, "He's still suffering from one bitch of a hangover..." They all looked back at the old mech who was sitting face-down at the table.

Prime nodded, "Right then, that means I have watch over the ninja bots..."

GunGlue chirped loudly, looking at the cloaks, then at his rotors. Volfogg smiled slightly. "Once Goldymarg here gets that though his helm, we might have some transportation... one of his alts is a tank that can pretty much drive through, over, and up anything in the way. Too bad GaoGaiGar isn't here... the Goldion Hammer is useless without him..."

Megatron blinked, shaking his head, "I'm not even going to ask..." He grabbed GoldyMarg by the shoulder and had EnRyu and HyoRyu follow him, "I have first take off with the bots! DO try and catch up Prime..." In an instant, Megatron was flying through the air with HyoRyu and EnRyu riding him upon his back him clutching GoldyMarg. They landed in the heap of cold snow and ice.

"That's Goldymarg for you," VolFogg commented with a shrug. "I'd be careful with that bugger... his A.I. was based off GGG's tactical planner, so Goldy is quite stubborn and hot-headed." He helped cover GunGlue's rotors, wrapping another cloak around the heli-mech's shoulders.

Prime had gotten RaiRyu and FuuRyu all set up, looking back at the ninja bots, "We're gonna have to keep an eye on everyone..." He tightened his own cloak, "Its a miracle that RaiRyu was able to talk me in to letting him come with us..." He looked down at the yellow bot who was grinning sheepishly, "I wanted to see some... kind of action..."

"Never separate twins," was VolFogg's response. "Especially when they are a combiner. The twin dragons of wind and thunder are formidable on their own... wait till you see GekiRyuJin." He adjusted his cloak, making sure he'd be able to reach his boomerangs if he needed them.

Prime smirked and shrugged, feeling that the ship had landed. "Okay boys..." Prime cracked his knuckles, "Time for some hunting..." he headed out the door with FuuRyu and RaiRyu in tow. He opened the hatch to the outside and slid down the ladder to the outside, he shivered when feeling the cold snow beneath his feet. Prime looked around, feeling the twins land next to him, "At least it clear out."

"They can fly, you know," VolFogg called down as he and his team descended. "Rai just can't land worth a damn. Neither can En, for that matter..." The purple mech didn't seem the least bit bothered by the snow.

Prime had pulled out his blaster, turning off the safety, "Good to keep a low profile..." he headed out to the cold wasteland, "The bounty head we're looking for is a professional at camouflage and guerilla warfare..." Prime made sure that RaiRyu was close by, leading the team towards the designated area where the bounty head was supposed to be located, "Plus you don't want to fly in this weather."

The ninja team settled into a quick, ground-eating wolf-trot, following the larger mechs. They seemed to almost glide over the snow, making as little noise as possible.

Meanwhile, Megatron was having trouble controlling two of the Yuusha Bots, EnRyu and GoldyMarg seemed to have started a spat and he and HyoRyu were getting fed up with it.

EnRyu growled, "You stupid orange fat ass! You tripped me on purpose!" he was pointing his finger into Goldy's face.

"I did not!" Goldymarg shot back. "You're just a klutz!" He swatted at EnRyu's hand.

EnRyu growled once more, "Say that again I'll frickin kick your fat ass!"

HyoRyu groaned and rubbed his face, Megatron was on the verge of killing them both...

"You couldn't beat me if I had both hands and one leg tied down!" Goldymarg sniped, looking down at the red mech.

EnRyu growled, optics flaring as he tackled the orange bot and wrestled him to the ground. Megatron had jumped, "No no no no no!" he was running over to the two mechs when they had suddenly wrestled over a ledge of snow and were sliding down to a freezing green sea below. "IDIOTS!!" Megatron went after them as HyoRyu followed, "You bloody bastards are going to give us away!"

"He started it." Goldymarg pointed at the red mech. "This is actually normal for them," Volfogg commented to Megatron over a private commline. "Goldy is incredibly stubborn. You need to impress upon him the need for stealth, and he should calm down enough to keep on a leash."

Megatron growled, having slid down to the ice where EnRyu and Goldymarg had stopped, "Screw that I'd rather do it the old fashion way..." the former Con warlord cracked his knuckles.

HyoRyu had landed next to Megatron, watching as the Con was on his way over to pretty much pound the circuits out of the mechs when he suddenly noticed something: they were over water. His optics widened, "Sir! Wait!"

Goldymarg paused, looking over at HyoRyu. Though he and EnRyu were always sniping at each other, he had some respect for the blue twin. He followed HyoRyu's gaze, noting the water under the ice. "Oh shit..."

VolFogg had a laugh in his voice as he spoke again. "Or you could sic Hyo on him... and Goldy swims about as well as a ten-ton boulder."

Megatron stopped cold in his tracks, "Bloody hell boy..." he looked around at the water, then back at EnRyu, "Listen here, you're going to have to be careful and cross slowly. This isn't like the water you know from Earth..." He watched as EnRyu took tiny steps towards him, Megatron was keeping his position still, "If you fall into the water, you won't be able to breathe because it'll freeze you too quickly..."

Goldymarg eased across the ice as carefully as he could, until he was well away from the water. He stared down at the water for a long moment, and then looked at HyoRyu.

HyoRyu was transfixed on his brother, praying that his twin would be safe; Megatron had reached out his hand, having crawled to his knees to try and get EnRyu. EnRyu himself was so close to safety, a few more steps and he was free. "Almost boy..." Megatron breathed, "...almost..." when it looked like the bot was going to get out of it, a sudden blast to the ice stopped them, cracking the ice and sending EnRyu into the water. Megatron cursed and looked up, spotting a scouter drone floating in the air; he growled, "Take care of the drone!" he ordered and dove into the water, watching EnRyu descend into the water's darkness. Megatron had to activate his boosters in order to reach the red bot and fly back to the surface while feeling the ice freeze his limbs.

Goldymarg changed to his tank mode, using his cannon to blow the drone out of the air. VolFogg contacted Megatron as soon as the ex-Con was out of the water. "Turn the dial on EnRyu's chest up to four and open the chest plate just slightly. EnRyu is the dragon of fire, so he runs hot."

Megatron growled, having heard Vol's voice but the cold was making the connection weak, "C-caant...h-heear you..." he shivered, crawling onto the surface with EnRyu in his grasp. However luck just didn't seem to be on their side today; as he crawled Megatron and Enryu's added weight began to crack the ice further.

Goldymarg looked at the two as they crawled up onto the ice, then at the blue mech next to him. Growling, he lifted HyoRyu off the ground, grabbing hold of the crane on his back. Ignoring HyoRyu's yelp of surprise, he grabbed the hook and unwound the tow cable. One he had enough; he swung the hook overhead before casting at Megatron and EnRyu. It took a couple of tries before it got a solid hold on them. "Now reel it in!" the orange mech snapped at the startled ice dragon, beginning to climb back up the slope onto firm ground.

HyoRyu didn't hesitate and began reeling them back onto the cold, solid ground. Megatron was shivering, his frame clattering against an equally shivering EnRyu, "C-co...olld..." the smaller red bot said. Megatron held onto him tightly, "Hang on now boy..." he shivered once more, "W-were alm-most there..." he could feel his systems beginning to freeze up.

Goldymarg quickly dragged them the rest of the way, well clear of the water. Then he finally put HyoRyu down, hurrying over to EnRyu and turning his chest dial up to four. As soon as he cracked the red mech's chestplate open, a burst of red-hot flame flashed out of the seam, beginning to thaw out the two mechs.

Megatron was sighing with relief, feeling the warmth. Oh the nice and hot feeling...Megatron rolled over onto his back, his cloak was soaked and so was EnRyu's, "What a bounty hunt this turned out to be..." he grumbled, still shivering somewhat.

"There are advantages to having the dragon of fire around," Goldymarg observed. "Especially if you need a heat source. His Chest Warmer does come in handy now and then."

"Why the bloody hell do you keep calling him 'dragon'?" Megatron shook as he sat up, tearing off his cloak, "He's a mech not a bloody mythical Earth creature..." He crawled over and tore off EnRyu's cloak, throwing them both aside, "These are completely useless now..." the con growled, "I'm gonna have to go back to th-theeee..." Megatron wrinkled his nose then sneezed, sniffling afterwards.

"His name means 'fire dragon'," Goldymarg answered. "Like HyoRyu's means 'ice dragon'. EnRyu's attacks are based around fire and high temperatures; Melting Gun, Melting Rifle, Chest Warmer... that last is a really big flamethrower under his chestplate. And HyoRyu's are based around low temperatures." The orange mech puffed up. "Not that they can hold a candle to me, that is..."

Over the open commline, VolFogg snorted.

Megatron blinked, sniffling again, "That may be..." He stood up and brought EnRyu, who was still trying to get his head back together, up upon his back, "But I still need to head back to the ship..."

He heard a cough and looked back at EnRyu who groaned, "Why is it that the back of my mouth hurts?" he asked tiredly.

Megatron chuckled. "Being a Cybertronian now, you're body is going to go through different bodily functions, that includes getting sick when something like...this happens..." Megatron himself coughed and sniffled, "Bloody hell, flying back is going to be an ass..."

"I did say Goldymarg turns into a tank," VolFogg reminded them casually. "I think he's subdued enough to give you a ride with a minimum of complaint."

Megatron nodded over his comn, looking over to the orange bot. "All right I'll take your word for it ninja boy..." Megatron walked over to GoldyMarg, "Transform before we freeze again..." he looked back at EnRyu, "the boy looks like he'll shut down if we don't get back..."

HyoRyu was as their side immediately, "I'm going too, where EnRyu goes I go..."

Megatron nodded, "All right..."

"System Change!" Goldymarg turned into a massive orange tank, the hammer on the back of his robot mode now on top of his tank form, with the handle serving as a massive cannon. "Get on, and let's get moving! Keep EnRyu's chestplate open a slight bit so the heat can get out... he runs hot anyway, but even hotter when that dial is turned up like that."

Megatron nodded, hopping on as did HyoRyu and then GoldyMarg sped off back towards the ship.