Author's note: I do not own Transformers. For this story, Laserbeak (Soundblaster's and Berserk's) still thinks that Decepticon Ravage is still her sister (and, we'll see Ravage's thoughts about it.)
It was another sunny day at the Autobot base as Wheeljack said "Move in closer guys, and I want you to take a look at my new invention." "What is it, Wheeljack?" asked Optimus. "A clever little creation that I call the Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer" said Wheeljack. The second that Wheeljack said that, Soundblaster looked straight at him and shouted "Oh no! Don't tell me that this dimension has its own version of the Immobilizer!" All of the Autobots stared at Soundblaster backing away from them as Wheeljack said "Your world has its own version of the Immobilizer?" "Yes, and the Autobots from my world have a very bad memory of it. The Immobilizer was a Decepticon invention, and we froze many Autobots in mid-battle, before we took advantage of their helpless state and offlined them. With your inventions, I don't even want to get close to that thing" said Soundblaster. "I assure you that it's perfectly safe. Hound, a demonstration if you will, please" said Wheeljack as Hound projected a hologram of decepticon Laserbeak.
"Man, that hologram sure does look a lot like that decepticon dirty bird Laserbeak" said Spike. "Are you calling my daughter a dirty bird?" said Soundblaster in an annoyed voice. "I meant decepticon Laserbeak, not yours" said Spike as Soundblaster gave a narrow-eyed glare at Spike. "Now, lets say that you're on patrol one day" continued Wheeljack "And all of a sudden, old Laserbeak shows up." At this time, Ironhide walked in and saw the hologram of Laserbeak flying around. "Take cover!" shouted Ironhide as he began blasting at hologram Laserbeak.
After causing a cave-in, Ironhide said, "What happened? Did I nail Laserbeak?" "That was a hologram, glitch-head," growled Soundblaster as he muttered "Still, I wish that he hit the Immobilizer instead of the ceiling." "Aw, sorry guys. You ok, Wheeljack?" asked Ironhide as he began clearing the debris. "Probably, but this polarizer is burnt-out" said Wheeljack. "Hey Ironhide, next time hit the Immobilizer! That way, we don't have another one of Wheeljack's crazy inventions destroying us" joked Soundblaster. "Ha ha. Very funny" said Wheeljack "For you to hate the Immobilizer, you must have some bad memories." "You could say that" said Soundblaster as he shuddered.
"Bumblebee, run into town and pick up a new Immobilizer, will ya?" said Wheeljack. "Got ya, Wheeljack" said Bumblebee "Come on, Spike." "Hey, wait for me!" cawed Laserbeak as she followed Bumblebee and Spike.
In town, Laserbeak, Bumblebee, and Spike were at the arcade (with Bumblebee winning on a game with a crowd surrounding him.) "Excuse me, may I cut in?" asked a feminine voice behind Spike. "Oh, you'll have to wait your turn, I…" said Spike before he was gazing into the eyes of a blonde teenager. "I saw you come in with that cute Autobot. Could you introduce me to him?" she asked. "I'm actually a girl, but my name is Laserbeak. Pleased to meet you" chirped Laserbeak as she flew down from the arcade game and landed next to Spike. "Uh, she actually meant Bumblebee, Laserbeak" said Spike. Laserbeak looked up at Spike and said "But she said the cute Autobot. I'm a cute Autobot" chirped Laserbeak.
The crowd then cheered as Bumblebee won the high-score on the game as Spike said "Bumblebee, this is somebody named, uh…" "Carly" said the woman. "Carrrr-ly?" chirped Laserbeak "But, you're not a car." "Laserbeak! Don't be rude!" snapped Spike. Laserbeak looked down sadly. "I apologize for what Laserbeak said. She's only a baby" said Spike. "It's a pleasure to meet the both of you, Laserbeak and Bumblebee" said Carly. Spike then checked his watch, then said "Bumblebee, remember Wheeljack's polarizer? We should have been back with it hours ago." "Oh, I hope to see you again, Carly" said Bumblebee as the three of them walked out as the Autobot transformed. Spike and Laserbeak then rode off with Bumblebee, leaving Carly at the arcade.
As Bumblebee was driving fast, both Spike and Laserbeak heard sirens as a police car pulled them over. "Oh no, we've got a problem" said Spike as he got out of the car (Laserbeak poked her head out.) "What's wrong, officer?" asked Spike. "Your age, son. Are you old enough to drive?" said the policeman. "Oh, is that all? Ok, I wasn't driving" said Spike. "You're the only one in the car, and you weren't driving?" asked the cop. "Hey, don't forget about me" chirped Laserbeak. "But officer, this isn't a car. This is Bumblebee" said Spike. "Yeah, well, lets see him buzz and make honey" said the officer. Laserbeak looked at Bumblebee and cawed "Bumblebee, can you really buzz and make honey?" "Uh, maybe I can explain, without actually buzzing" said Bumblebee as he transformed (Laserbeak hopped out of him.) The officer was shocked as Bumblebee continued to explain, "We Autobots can transform into cars and other vehicles. It's really very…" as Laserbeak chirped "Ravage! Oh, big sister!" as she spotted decepticon Ravage. "Oh no, not this crazy bird again!" roared Ravage as he was tackled by the little bird. "Gaaaah! Get this bird off of me!" roared Ravage as he ran around, trying to get the sparkling off of his back. Eventually, he rammed his back into a wall, knocking Laserbeak off of his back.
With Laserbeak off of his back, Ravage pounced on Bumblebee and placed a type of camera on his side. "Hey! You not big sister! You mean panther!" cawed Laserbeak before a small flame shot out of her mouth. Laserbeak looked stunned, then breathed in again and expelled a large pillar of fire. "Hot hot hot! My back is on fire!" roared Ravage as he jumped off of Bumblebee and ran as his back sizzled. "Laserbeak, I owe you one. How did you know how to do that?" asked Bumblebee. "I don't know" chirped Laserbeak.
"Sorry, I didn't know that you were an Autobot" said the officer "But the speeding laws apply to you too. Ok?" "Sure thing, officer" said Bumblebee as he shook the officer's hand "It won't happen again."
Much later, Bumblebee arrived at the base as Spike got out and said "Wheeljack? We got your polarizer." "It's about time" said Wheeljack as he took the polarizer. "Well, we met somebody…a girl" said Spike before Wheeljack said "Ok, it's demonstration time again." Great, just what I've been dreading thought Soundblaster as Wheeljack was explaining what an Immobilizer does.
As Wheeljack was explaining what the Immobilizer does, the Decepticons were watching Wheeljack through the little camera mounted on Bumblebee's side. "Immobilize us, eh? We should freeze those Autobots and turn their corpses in to…" said Starscream as Ravage came in, shouting, "I am NOT going on another mission with that crazy Autobot bird! She is one psychotic little featherball! Do you know what she did to me? She roasted me alive! Do you have any idea how long it takes to grow back silicate fur, do you?" "So, that little Laserbeak doppelganger knows how to breathe fire, does it? Well, she'll make a nice addition to our ranks, along with that Immobilizer" said Megatron "We will use their own Immobilizer against them" as he laughed.
"I'm not sure of its full potential, Optimus Prime" said Wheeljack. "Then, we better test it under safe conditions" said Optimus "Autobots, transform and roll out!"
The Autobots had arrived at a waterfall where Wheeljack would test his new invention. "Ok, everybody. Here goes the Immobilizer" as Wheeljack pressed a button on his remote. The orange machine began humming, and a small dish popped out, before firing a blast at the waterfall. It froze instantly as Wheeljack shouted "It works! The molecules of the water were frozen in mid-motion." "Great, but now, can you unfreeze it?" asked Soundblaster. "I don't know, man. It still looks like the same aqua-pura to me" said Jazz before he jumped down onto the frozen water, but it was solid like concrete. "Right now, that water is harder than any substance that we know" said Wheeljack. "Not harder than my hydraulic knuckles" said Brawn as he punched the frozen water. "I take that back" he said sorely.
Soundblaster shook his helm, then said, "Allow me to test this water's hardness. Stand back, everybody." The Autobots stood back as Soundblaster fired a blast of dark energy at the waterfall. Where he hit it, the molecules were being ripped apart. Wheeljack stood there stunned as he said "How…how did you do that?" "That was dark energy that I fired," said Soundblaster "It can tear apart any form of matter, even dark matter." Spike ran over to see the hole as he stepped on the remote. "I hope that I didn't break this" said Spike as Wheeljack shouted "Spike! Get out of the way!" but it was too late; Wheeljack got frozen. Soundblaster rushed in, but the Immobilizer too froze him. "Wheeljack and Soundblaster have been Immobilized!" exclaimed Spike.
Ratchet inspected the two, then said, "Both Wheeljack and Soundblaster are frozen solid, and we don't know how to reverse the effects. What are we going to do?" "I don't know," said Optimus "But we must make certain that a weapon as powerful as this must never fall into Decepticon hands. It would be catastrophic. Perhaps Soundblaster was right on how we never should have created this thing in the first place."
"Well, if your flower warrior was correct in having this thing destroyed, then we Decepticons must have it" said Megatron as he stepped out of the trees along with several other Decepticons. "Very well, Prime. We'll take the Immobilizer now, if you please" said Megatron.
"Give me the device now, Optimus Prime!" snarled Megatron. Trailbreaker then said "Then take it, Mega-turkey!" "So be it!" said Megatron "Fire!" Trailblazer then threw up a force field as he laughed, "There's nothing like a force-field to take out the sting of laser-fire." "Fool! We could have wiped them out, but you had to have this ridiculous Immobilizer" said Starscream to Megatron before he took to the air.
"Starscream's going to penetrate our force field from above" said Bumblebee as he pointed to the sky. "Wanna bet?" snarled Sideswipe before he aimed a shot at Starscream's engines, causing the seeker to crash down into the other Decepticons. "Autobots, ready? Now!" called out Optimus Prime as he gave out the battle cry. The Decepticons retreated behind some trees, and Skywarp shouted "Try my bouncer bomb for size!" The bomb ricocheted around the forest as Thundercracker shouted "Missile out of control! Look out!" "I'll put a stop to this" snarled Megatron as he transformed into a gun, and Soundwave blew up the bomb.
"Prime! Look out!" exclaimed Jazz, but it was too late. A tree fell on Optimus, and he dropped the Immobilizer. Ironhide rushed to get the bomb, but Starscream beat him too it. The two collided, and the Immobilizer rolled towards Megatron on the frozen water. "Ah ha ha ha! At last, the Immobilizer is mine!" laughed Megatron. "You're losing your warriors, Megatron" said Optimus as he got out from under the pinned tree. "Warriors are expendable. The most important thing is that I get what I deserve!" said Megatron. At that exact same instant, the water became unfrozen, the Decepticons fell in, and they were all swept downstream. "You deserve that all right, Mega-jerk" said Trailblazer as the Autobots laughed with him.
"We can deal with the Decepticons later. We've got to take Wheeljack and Soundblaster back to headquarters. Let's just hope that the immobilization effect on them was just as temporary as it was on the water. Until then, I hope that Pulse, Buzzsaw, and Laserbeak don't see Soundblaster like this" said Optimus. "We've got to go back to headquarters!" said Bumblebee as the Autobots transformed and drove back to base.
"Can I come with you?" asked Carly. "Sure! Follow us!" called out Sam as everybody returned to base.
Pulse was at the computers of Teletraan-1 when the Autobots returned. "Hello Optimus" said Pulse. Optimus transformed, then looked away. She then noticed that both Wheeljack and Soundblaster weren't with them. "Optimus sir, where's my grandfather?" she asked. "Right here" said Brawn as he dragged Soundblaster into base. Pulse let out a loud scream, then shouted "What has happened to him?" "It was all my fault. I let the Decepticons in while I wasn't at my post" said Ironhide as he and the others filled in Pulse on how Carly distracted Ironhide, the Decepticons got the Immobilizer, and that the device froze both Wheeljack and Soundblaster. Pulse sunk to her knees as she began crying. "First my Optimus…then my parents…then Grandma…now Grandpa" she cried.
As the Autobots tried to comfort her, Ironhide looked away and said "Ah, I left my post when I should have been sounding the alarm. I'm too old to be useful anymore. I should retire from active service before we lose any more good mechs." With that, Ironhide left the main control center, and walked further into the base until he met Carly. "I'm sorry, Ironhide. If I hadn't been sneaking around, then you wouldn't have left your post. It was all my fault" said Carly. "Maybe. But I can't let my failings get my friends in danger" said Ironhide. "Promise me that you'll think it over, Ironhide" said Carly "And, while you are, can you show me around Autobot headquarters, please?" "Well, sure. I guess that I can at least do that much" said Ironhide.
Some time later, both Wheeljack and Soundblaster became unfrozen. "What? Where am I?" asked Wheeljack. "Back at Headquarters. And evidently, back to normal as well" said Optimus. "Spike? Is he all right?" asked Wheeljack to Ironhide. "He's fine, but I'm afraid that Megatron got the Immobilizer and I was responsible" said Ironhide. "I don't know about that, but I do know that if Megatron can make the Immobilizer effect permanent, we're sunk" said Wheeljack. "I can throw up dark energy force fields to block the Immobilizer's effect on us if Megatron sees us. But, I can only do that if I'm not off guard" said Soundblaster. "We've got to recover the Immobilizer before Megatron turns it against us. Autobots, transform and roll out!" said Optimus as the Autobots transformed and drove off. Pulse came along as well with her grandfather.
Berserk was sleeping when a sudden blast woke her up. Startled, she looked around the room for any intrusion, but calmed down when she saw nothing. "Soundwave to Berserk. Soundwave to Berserk. Do you copy?" "Berserk here. What is it, Soundwave?" she asked. "Human prisoner has escaped. Megatron requires your assistance. Soundwave out." Berserk got up from the berth, then went to the control room where Soundwave was. She left the sunken starship with him and a few other Decepticons, and she transformed and flew alongside the others to the beach. They landed, and Megatron used the Immobilizer on Ironhide. Megatron laughed at Ironhide being frozen, and Berserk watched the little yellow Autobot exclaim "Oh no! Ironhide's been immobilized!" Starscream laughed as Megatron said "As you can see, we've perfected your little toy. The effect is now permanent. Soon, I will immobilize the population of this planet. The Earth will be mine, and you and your friends will be the first to go!" Berserk looked at Megatron and said "Uh, can't we just share the planet? It is a very big planet, and it is certainly big enough for all of us." Megatron glared at Berserk and snarled "Who asked you?"
"Well, it looks as if Berserk is still part Autobot after all" said Optimus Prime as he stood on a cliff. Berserk paused and narrowed her optics. Strange, I've never seen this mech before, but I feel as if I know him thought Berserk. Optimus then blasted Megatron, as Megatron said "What? No!" More Autobots showed up as Optimus said "Surrender, Decepticons!" "Never! Now, I Starscream lead, and I say attack!" shouted Starscream. Berserk looked over at Starscream and said "Really? You're our new leader? I thought that you were the entertainment." Starscream fumed at Berserk, then looked over at Soundwave and shouted "Soundwave, can't you get this malfunction under control?" The Seeker then transformed and flew off into the air, as Rumble pressed buttons on the Immobilizer and began freezing Autobots left and right.
"Destroy Optimus Prime!" commanded Megatron to Rumble. As Rumble continued to freeze Autobots, Jazz drove up and then began blasting loud music. "Ok folks, it's show time!" announced Jazz as a spectacular light show appeared as he played music. All of the Decepticons covered their audios, except for Berserk (she was dancing to the music.) Just as suddenly as the music started, it stopped. Berserk stopped dancing as well as she said "Too bad. I was just getting warmed up." Soundwave looked over at Berserk and thought Her programming is most illogical. Decision to not bond: Logical. Mech that bonded to her: Illogical.
"Quick Rumble, immobilize Optimus Prime!" said Megatron. Rumble then pressed a number of buttons, but the machine went haywire and began unfreezing all of the Autobots. "He's over there!" shouted Megatron. "Something's wrong! I, I can't control this thing anymore!" said Rumble before Ironhide blasted him, then blew up the remote. "Lazerbeak, eject. Recover Immobilizer" said Soundwave as Lazerbeak popped out of his chassis. Lazerbeak flew down, as Ironhide said "Gotcha!" as he grabbed hold of Lazerbeak. Lazerbeak cawed, and Berserk ran over to Ironhide and began electrocuting him. Optimus Prime then blasted at Berserk's wings, and she began screaming as her tentacles flew around in pain. That caught Soundblaster's attention, as he transformed and flew over to Berserk.
Berserk, do you remember me? Came a reading through Berserk's spark. Confused, Berserk looked around. Soundwave was fighting, but Soundblaster was the only one looking at her. Berserk, try to remember the reading through her spark said again. Berserk paused, and tried to remember. Things were faint, but she remembered something. "S-s-s-s-sound-wave?" she said as Soundblaster nodded.
"The Immobilizer's mine! Mine!" shouted Megatron. Berserk looked at him for a moment, then looked back at Soundblaster and said through her link I remember a Megatron, but he wasn't as whiny as this one. Come to think of it, he was also a lot scarier as well. Soundblaster nodded, then said through the bond Yes, he was. That's because you came from another dimension. "NO!" shouted Megatron as Berserk turned her helm again to see Ironhide destroy the Immobilizer. She then looked at the two humans, then back at Soundblaster and said through the link I remember a boy and a girl as well, but they had darker hair. The girl's name was…mi-mi-mik-miko…her name was Miko! Soundblaster nodded again as he said once again through the bond Can you remember the others?
Before Berserk could respond, Soundwave grabbed her and flew off. Soundblaster snarled at Soundwave as Berserk looked down at the satellite.
Back at the Autobot base, Ironhide saluted Optimus Prime and said "Request to return to active duty, Optimus Prime." "I think that you're already on active duty, Ironhide" said Optimus. As the two Autobots shook servos, Soundblaster turned around and walked back into the base. Puzzled, Pulse followed him and she asked "Grandpa, is something wrong?" He stopped, then looked at Pulse and said, "It was Berserk. She is starting to remember now. I wonder how long until she remembers everything. I almost got her back, but then that doppelganger took her away. I hope that we all see her again real soon." Pulse's antlers drooped as she walked up next to her grandfather as she said "I hope that we can find Mom again as well. It was different to see her so young, but…where is she?" "That I do not know Pulse, that I do not know" said Soundblaster.
Deep in the Decepticon's starship, Berserk rested on her back as she thought If Soundblaster is my sparkmate, then, who am I with? Who am I, then?
