"It was eighteen years ago.." Isaac Sumdac started, "I was leaving Sector Seven when I something caught my eye. A sheet moved near a dumpster. I removed it and there she was crying inside a recycle bin. Some cruel mother must have left her for dead. I couldn't just leave her there so I rook her home for what was just for the night but I became attached to her and decided to adopt her."
Optimus stood up. "You did the right thing Professor Sumdac. However you have not told us everything."
Prowl and Ironhide stepped up. "How was she exposed to the Allspark? We have known the whereabouts of the Allspark and the remaining shards for as long as we've been on Earth." Ironhide said.
"I honestly have no idea." Sumdac confessed. "All I can tell you is that when I brought her picture to work When it fell next to the Allspark it unleashed a large burst of energy."
Prowl stepped back.
"Sir I think Sari is "the lost hope"." he stuttered.
"What?" asked Mirage.
"Me Grimlock not know what you talking about." the Dinobot snarled.
"As written in the Covenant of Primus, a Monster shall emerge…" said Optimus.
"The Monster shall threaten all life but a hope once thought lost shall return and save the innocent." Prowl continued. "Just as Yoketron said."
"What you talking about?" Swoop asked.
"If the prophecy is true than Earth along with everything in existence is in grave danger." Optimus stated.
"With all due respect Optimus." Ironhide said, "I believe that prophecy has already happened. The Monster was the Fallen and you were the lost hope."
"Sadly that does not seem to be." Prime responded.
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Swindle transformed and fired a beam at Bumblebee who dodged. "That isn't going to work this time!" He laughed.
"Than maybe this will!" Headmaster yelled delivering a powerful punch to Bumblebee's back. Bumblebee fell down on his knees as a grenade arrow met his face. It wasn't much damage but it left Bumblebee temporarily blind.
Sari and Miko rushed towards their respective guardians when a wave of acid blocked their path.
"Hello Sumdac girl." Meltdown giggled. The young women made a hundred eighty degree turn for the stadium.
"Come on, I just want to play a game." Meltdown said innocently. "It's called "Melt the Girl"."
Professor Princess rode on Nanosec's back and smacked Bumblebee's face with her staff.
"A little help here." Bumblebee urged.
"Sorry." said Bulkhead. "Kind of busy." he yelled blocking a punch from Knockout. In retaliation he slammed his cannon ball fist in Knockout's chest. Knockout fell to the dirt in mostly shock.
"You scratched my paint job!" he gasped. "I think it's time you met my little assistants." He pulled a cube from his storage compartment and pressed a button in the center. The cube unfolded and dozens of small robotic insects crawled out.
"SCRAPLETS!" Bulkhead screamed trying to swat the pests away as they inched closer.
"So the big guy is afraid of Scraplets huh?" asked Swindle. "Well then I suppose you wont like this." Swindle opened his storage compartment and pulled out a glowing machine.
"Spoiled energon." Swindle cheered. "Those things can't get enough of it. Just sprinkle this on something and the Scraplets will chew it to bits."
"Well what are you waiting for?" growled Knockout.
"Well you see this brand is fairly expensive. I'd hate to waste it." Swindle smirked.
"Uh.. Uh I'll give you two energon rods." Bulkhead stuttered as a few Scraplets jumped at him.
"Hmmm, that sounds like a good deal but just two rods aren't worth what this thing costs. There's an import tax you know. What will you give me Knockout?" asked Swindle.
"Oh you got to be kidding!" Knockout yelled.
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Wasp, Skids, Mudflap, Barricade, and Wheelie started speeding into the fairgrounds.
"Why do they have the parking spaces so far from the grounds?" Skids complained.
Suddenly a familiar muscle car skidded in front of them. Lockdown transformed while still speeding and lunged at Wasp. The two crashed and were hurled down the street causing dents and cracks in the roadway.
"You had to make this personal." Lockdown sighed.
Wasp transformed despite Lockdown's grip. He threw a punch with his free arm which Lockdown blocked by grabbing Wasp's fist. He squeezed his opponent's fist tightly and quickly twisted it and eventually pulled it off. Wasp screamed in pain before Lockdown slammed his severed fist in his face. He kicked the camero away and swirled around for a low kick that knocked down an approaching Barricade.
"You see this was just business. Then you guys stopped me from my bounty one too many times." Lockdown said. "Now you've become an obstacle in my work. And I destroy obstacles."
Mudflap yelled in a blind fury, blaster flailing. Much to Lockdown's surprise the blasts actually hit. One shot blasted his shoulder plate completely off and damaged the joint. He snarled and charged at the twin.
"You wanna piece of me?" yelled Mudflap. "You wanna piece?"
"No." stated Lockdown as he grabbed Mudflap's head in one hand. "But I'll kill you anyway!" At that he pulled his other arm back. He delivered a punch that went straight through Mudflap's chest. Lockdown pulled his arm out of the Autobot and gazed at Mudflap's Spark Chamber as it slowly faded until it disappeared.
"MUDFLAP!" Skids cried.
"This dude's playing hardball!" Wheelie yelled.
Barricade picked himself up and pulled Wasp to his feet.
"You'll pay for that you mother fucking piece of molten slag!" Wasp yelled.
"Sure." Lockdown said smugly. "I'll give you this rapid fire blaster!" He lifted his transformed some of his leg kibble and reached for the gun and opened fire.
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Sari ran into a room full of emergency gear with Miko close behind.
"Who the hell is that g..?" Miko's question was mumbled by Sari's hand.
Meltdown slithered through the area under the bleachers. "You know maybe I should thank you." he said aloud. "If it wasn't for you then I wouldn't have the ability to kill so easily. Then again now I cannot taste. I can not cry, I can't feel. So guess what. Soon you won't be able to do any of those things either."
Miko backed up against the wall but her movements disturbed an axe which hung there. It fell and almost hit the girl. Miko watched as the blade wisped in front of her face and screamed but quickly covered her mouth. Sari gave a scowl. Suddenly the door was disintegrated.
"Here's Johnny!" Meltdown laughed.
Miko wasted in not time as she grabbed the axe and charged towards Meltdown.
"Take this you snot bubble!" she yelled driving the blade through Meltdown's suit.
Meltdown gave a fake yawn. "Are you done yet? Cause I would really like to kill you."
Miko lifted the axe away from her attacker. The blade was completely melted away. She moaned in anger and rolled her eyes. She suddenly swung the handle against Meltdown's head. It was fast enough to knock it off before the handle melted away.
More goo traveled up to the stump where Meltdown's face was and replaced it. "Now you see that was my face! So now its going to be slow and painful."
Miko backed away slowly. Meltdown raised his arm and readied it to fire acid at the girl. All of the sudden someone tackled him to the ground.
"Its me you want Meltdown! Not here!" she yelled pinning him down.
"So your still immune to my acid." Meltdown growled. There's more than one way to kill someone." He grabbed her forearm and tossed her away. Miko watched in utter amazement.
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Bumblebee held Nanosec in his hand despite the man's struggles. Slo-Mo fired her device at his arm and it instantly went limp.
"Darn it. Out of juice." Slo-Mo moaned.
"You should have shot my other arm." Bumblebee said. "Because now I can only use this." Suddenly he transformed his arm into a cannon and fired at the ground in front of SUV. Headmaster charged in for another attacked. Bumblebee delivered a small shot to Headmaster's suit. Headmaster fell to the ground. He wiggled around in his now useless suit but did not move.
Professor Princess fired a shurkin at Bumblebee's optic. They landed but had little effect. Bumblebee merely blinked and the weapons fell down.
Nanosec made one last attempt at the Autobot and grabbed Professor Princess's staff.
"Hey I needed that!" Professor Princess yelled.
"Make haste!" Angry Archer yelled firing arrows.
Bumblebee managed o quickly look at the position of the archer and the speeder. All he did was jump.
For Nanosec everything was in slow motion. He looked up at the robotic body above him. Then he turned his head to ground level. Before he could react he ran into Angry Archer. The impact caused both men flying.
Bumblebee looked around him. SUV was defeated. Nanosec and Archer were knocked out and everyone else was out of ammo.
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"You can share the reward when we get that girl!" Knockout yelled.
"Well you see that would be a god deal but I don't quite believe you." Swindle said
Bulkhead crushed a Scraplet but another one leaped on his arm and bit in.
Bulkhead flicked it off and it quickly recovered.
"I'll give you my cannon ball! It's made of cybertainium." he screamed.
"Did you say cybertainium?" Swindle cheered. "You got yourself a deal!" At that he tossed the canister at Knockout. Even as it shattered on the red robot the scraplet's began to swarm. Knockout yelled in pain as the tiny monsters began to consume him.
"You'll pay for this traitor!" Knockout yelled He transformed crushing a few Scraplets with his kibble and drove off, Scraplets following.
"Too bad. Now hand it over." Swindle commanded.
Bulkhead made a giggled and swung his arm straight at Swindle's face. Swindle's optics cracked as he was pinned down.
"I can't believe you fell for that." Bulkhead laughed. He raised his arm to give a final blow.
"You could kill me but as I recall your human fiends are in a bit of a scuffle right now." Swindle stuttered.
"SARI!" Bumblebee screamed looking around.