AU G1/IDW-verse. Taking place during the events of All Hail Megatron. Megatron's on Earth, running rampant with his Decepticons. Prime's down and out on Cybertron with the Swarm slowly moving in. Unbeknownst to both sides, an underground group is about to make it's appearance on Cybertron for the first time in several millenia...
A/N: OCs used. All mentioned characters belong to their respective owners, Transformers is property of Hasbro, the time line belongs to IDW.
Please keep in mind that this an AU G1/IDW-verse setting. Some things may appear different then they may appear in the comic.
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Welcome to Tomorrow
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Chapter 5.
After closing the com-link with Knight, Storm got on the base wide com system. "-Ladies and mechs, meeting in the wreck room, get your afts there. That means both of you, Havoc and Catastrophe.-" She added at the end. Closing the line the large femme got to her feet and made her way to the wreck room.
No sooner did she leave the command center, the doors sliding shut behind her, she found Ice Queen leaning against the wall with her arms crossed.
"News?"
Storm nodded. "Something's developed. May be big and we need to investigate the possibility."
Ice Queen fell into step beside Storm. "Care to elaborate?"
"Ya know that seismic activity that Indigo reported a couple surveys ago?" Once the femme Decepticon nodded, the femme Autobot continued, "Well Knight hinted the chance that the Autobots may be back planet side."
"How do you figure?" Ice Queen inquired.
"The increased Swarm movement for one. Their getting antsier and something's driving them."
"Hmm..." The aqua and grey colored Decepticon pondered. "That would certainly explain the rumble we felt those few cycles ago."
"Exactly." Storm said as the wreck room door slid open before them. Looking up Storm gave a small smile. "Good." Standing in various places around the wreck room, Storm's small crew, looked at her as she and Ice Queen entered.
"What's up?" Disaster asked first.
"Got a report back from Knight just a few moments ago." She started, everyone perked up more and looked intently at her. "You all know the situation so far. Knight's on a alien planet tracking the movements of the Decepticons and apparently at one point the Autobots were there." She waited a moment to make sure everyone was paying attention. "Knight noted how the Insecticons are part of the crew that Megatron has with him on this planet, she came up with an interesting theory."
"Care to share?" Excalibur pushed.
"Everything is connected." Ice Queen spoke up.
Indigo tilted her head, "Huh?"
"I'm confused..." Blue scratched her audio receptor curiously.
"The seismic tremor we felt and the increased Swarm activity." Disaster guessed, standing behind Havoc and Catastrophe who both looked equally confused.
"Bingo." Storm snapped her fingers. "Maybe the reason why the Swarm is running around rampant is because their nest was disturbed when the Autobots came back. Perhaps that tremor we felt was one their ships crashing and that's why the bugs are up in arms."
"Sounds like a valid theory." Excalibur tilted his head.
"So what do you want us to do?" Indigo looked up at the taller Storm.
"Expand your search grid." She pointed a finger at Indigo. "Indigo, since your the most experienced I want you to track the source of that tremor and see what you find. Disaster, you will search to the East of where Indigo is, Blue you got the West." She looked at Excalibur. "Excalibur, I want you airborne. If the Autobots are finally back I want to get to them before the bugs do."
"What about us?" Havoc raised his hand.
Storm looked down at the young Twins. "You two are staying here with Ice Queen and me."
The two younglings 'awwed' in defeat.
"Tough love, guys." Storm said, arms crossed. "You two aren't properly trained and out in the field you two would be a liability."
"I got an idea with what I can do with them." Ice Queen smirked.
"... I sooo didn't like the sound of that." Havoc muttered to his brother.
"I have to agree." Catastrophe whispered back.
Storm looked at her Decepticon friend. "Oh?"
"Why don't I run through some training exercises with them?"
The large femme laughed out loud. "Ice Queen that isn't a bad idea."
"... We're doomed." The two younglings mumbled in unison.
Disaster patted the two on their heads. "Tough luck guys." Though her face couldn't be seen, one would know that she was must certainly smirking.
Storm chuckled before turning serious. "Okay listen up guys. Things are going to move fast from here on out. Indigo, Blue, Disaster, and Excalibur I want you guys to move out as soon as possible. The com-lines will be open so keep in contact with each other and be careful, keep a look out for the bugs."
"Understood." Excalibur nodded.
"Gotcha chief." Blue gave Storm a thumbs up.
"We find anything we'll give ya a call." Indigo told Storm before before exiting the wreck room.
"Hope you boys have fun." Disaster said sweetly to the younglings as she left the wreck room shortly after Indigo and Blue.
Both Havoc and Catastrophe stood there gaping, until the wreck room cleared out leaving the Twins and Ice Queen alone.
Ice Queen rubbed her hands together, startling the two younglings. "Okay boys... Who wants to go first?"
Havoc and Catastrophe seemingly shrunk under Ice Queen's devilishly red gaze.
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Like a blur, Indigo moved quickly and stealthily through the ruins on Cybertron. Her small, sleek form made no sound as she dashed through the debris strewn streets.
With feral-like grace the blue, yellow, and grey femme ran up the length of a fallen building that was laying against another on an angle. Stopping at its peak she peered out at the landscape before. Her flexible antennae drooped low, almost against her back.
It was a sad, depressing sight. What was once a glistening city was now nothing but graveyard. Old shells littered the streets, the shells once belonging to both Autobots and Decepticons alike. Indigo didn't have time to mourn for the fallen, out before her laying in a crater it created was a wrecked Autobot cruiser.
She tilted her head curiously noting how some sections of the massive ship were still smoking.
Getting on the open com-link she called in for the others to hear. -Storm, this is Indigo, Knight's hunch was right on the money. I'm standing on a building over looking a downed Autobot battle cruiser. The damage looks recent.- A panel on her right arm flipped open, revealing a small screen. Looking over the readouts that scrolled across the screen she continued, -Residual energy readings that I'm picking up match that of a Decepticon battler cruisers energy cannons.-
-Any sign of the crew?- Came Disaster.
-Can't tell, I'll have to investigate further.- The indigo colored femme reported.
-Standby.- Storm finally came in. -I'll have Blue rendezvous with you. Continue to scout around the area until she gets there.-
-Understood.-
-Excalibur, survey from the air.- Storm told the flying mech. -Cover Indigo and Blue, and keep a look out for any bugs.-
-Yes mam.- Came the reply.
-What do you want me to do?- Disaster came on again.
-Keep that sniffer of yours at the ready. Dizzy, that olfactory sensor is best when it comes to sniffing out the bugs, Excalibur is able to see anything from the air, but with you on the ground gives Blue and Indigo extra protection. At any sign of a bug, let Indigo and Blue know first, then relay it across the coms.-
-Gotcha boss bot. Disaster over and out.-
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The Twin femmes with the upmost caution and care, carefully crept through one of the blast holes in the Autobot cruiser.
The first in was Blue, landing in a crouch, she leveled her small fire arm straight ahead of her before swiniginng it around from left to the right. Scanning the darkened hallways for any sign of life, she called back through the hole. "All clear."
In the next instant, Indigo jumped down next to her sister as she rose from her crouch. Scanning around them, Indigo made a snorting sound. "Man the Cons tore this ship a new one didn't they?"
"Ripped it a new aft if you ask me." Blue answered from beside her sister. "Let's get to the Command Center, we can pull up the ships flight logs and find out what happened."
"Good thinking," Indigo nodded, "Let's hope the corridors aren't blocked off."
"Agreed." A moment. "Let's go."
Leading the way Indigo and Blue made their way through the debris strewn hallways. Lights flickered weakly, drawing upon the twindling energon that still ran through the ships main power systems. Somewhere in the depths of the massive ship, an alarm klaxon sounded weakly, as if in it's dying throws.
The two femmes ignored it all, concentrating mainly on their surroundings, being on alert for anything that could be approaching them either in front or behind. After a couple minutes though the duo soon found themselves in the Command Center, or better yet, what was left of the Command Center. The various opertion stations were in such disarray it was a wonder how the Autobots manning it manage to bring it down in one piece.
"Uugh." Blue bristled. "The Cons did a number didn't they?"
"Oh yeah, I didn't see any body shells anywhere so I guess the crew made it off intact." Indigo explained walking past Blue and heading to the Commanders console. Leaning over the large, expansive console, Indigo started typing furiously, holo-vids appearing showing the status of the ship. "Man oh man... They nailed it good." She gritted, typing in a command that popped up in another holo-vid. "Main energon was blown to the Pit, all control surfaces are non-functioning, primary thrusters, gone literally. Whatever happened to these guys, the Cons wanted them grounded for good."
Blue joined Indigo, the blue, grey, and yellow femme searched the panel for something before finaly locating it. "Got it!" The tail like appendage on her back slunk around her right side, and with a quick thrust it connected into the port-like device she found. In that instant, everything about the Autobot cruiser was scrolling across Blue's heads up display. Seacrhing through the flight records she finally found what they were looking for. "Found what we're looking for Indigo." She told her sister.
"Pull it up on a holo-vid and let's see what happened."
"Gotcha." With a mental command to the system, Blue activated a holo-vid .
For several minutes both Blue and Indigo watched intently, the video echoing with several voices at once, the forms on the Autobots shrouded in the flickering red klaxon lights, the alarm klaxons drowning out the orders being given. Throughout the video neither of the young femmes could tell who the ships commander was. It was only towards the end they finally saw who it was.
"It's Kup!" Indigo gaped from beneath her face mask.
"The 'Kup'?" Blue wanted confirmed.
"Yup." Indigo nodded. "I thought the old Bot was offlined long ago."
"Apparently he's not, cause he was this ships commander." A pause. "And from the looks of things he and his crew left ship after they crashed."
"Once we exit the ship, I'll get a hold of Storm." The indigo colored femme told her sister as she disconnected herself from the console.
"The Bots are back huh?" Blue said with a smirk in her voice.
Indigo nodded as the two made their way out of the ship. "It seems so, and with the Swarm up their afts, their going to need help. They aren't immune to the bugs Cyber Venom like we are." She looked over her shoulder at Blue. "I'm pretty sure that I'm the only one who can derive an anti-virus for it."
"Then I say," She paused as she leapt up through the hole they entered the ship with. "That we get a hold of Storm ASAP."
"Already ahead of ya." Indigo said in a sing-song voice already on the com. -Storm, Indigo, you read me?-
-Loud and clear, what'd ya got for me?-
-Interesting news actually. The ship that we investigated was under the command of Kup.-
The line was silent for several moments before Storm got back on the line. -Kup huh? Thought the old coot was long gone.-
-Nope, sorry to disappoint.- Indigo chuckled. -Kup and his crew are planet-side and they're most likely the ones pissing off the Swarm.-
Storm sighed heavily from across the com-link. -Well I suppose that we gotta save their afts now don't we?-
-Seeing some new faces wouldn't hurt.- Disaster entered the com line.
-What? You don't like my ugly mug?- Storm mused.
-There's only so much of it, that we can take.- Excalibur laughed entering the communication.
-Thanks guys.- Storm faked a sniffle. -I feel the love.-
A series chuckles and laughter echoed across the line before Storm shushed them.
-Yeah, yeah... Well since the Bots got the bugs on their tail I say let's give chase and give them a hand. Disaster, how's your sniffer doing? Find any sign of the bugs?-
-I got the trail, ready when you are.-
-Good.- Storm rumbled in approval. -I'll get Ice Queen and the Wonder Twins, we'll rendezvous with Disaster. Excalibur, stay airborne, I'll have Ice Queen join you, preferably stay high altitude to be on the safe side.-
-Yes mam.- Answered the large mech.
-Be on guard ladies and mechs, its missions like this that could mean the end of us. Keep on alert and be ready for anything... Let's get ready to roll.-
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