Transformers Galaxy Force: Thunder Storm

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Chapter 126

Galaxy Convoy stared down at his desk as Coby's and Lori's parents walked into his office at Earthfall. He tapped a few keys on his terminal, disabling the security cameras. "Did Lori tell you what happened on Animatros?" he asked.

Eduardo nodded, "Of course she did. I, for one, am glad, since now she can live as long as Coby."

"That is true," Galaxy Convoy nodded. "Unfortunately, I have bad news. Both Rodimus Convoy and Storm Gunner are being held hostage by Super Starscream. For what reason, I am unsure."

"Will they come back?" Nicole asked.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Hanson, but I don't know," Galaxy Convoy answered. "We can't trace Super Starscream's location either."

"Don't worry, they'll come back," David insisted. "They're our kids, after all. Lets put our faith in them.

"They've definitely shown themselves to be trustworthy," Diana said. "Maybe Ed's right. Maybe… we shouldn't hold them to that promise we had them make."

On X2, Rodimus and Storm Gunner simultaneously sneezed. They looked at each other in surprise, and then shrugged. Rodimus stuck out his hand, "Wrench."

Storm Gunner grabbed the tool, handing it to him, "Almost done?"

"Just about," he answered. "Give me a little while longer."

Sighing, Storm Gunner looked up at the massive structure. It looked just like the Generator they had built on Gigalonia, only with some obvious modifications that would make it work. All they really needed was a strong enough power supply, and they would have a working Space Bridge Generator.

That had been the problem with the Gigalonia Generator. Without enough power, such a generator would only cause temporal distortions, and would never solidify the Space Bridge. The only known power source that could keep Space Bridges working were Planet Force, the Chip Square, the Matrix of Leadership, and the supermassive Generator that powered the entire Sky Dome on Seibertron.

Here, it was the key to their opportunity. Rodimus had been working with the power supply to output enough energy to solidify the Space Bridge for 30 seconds. In that small space of time, the two of them would make a run for home. Afterwards, the Generator would overload and destroy itself. That way, Super Starscream wouldn't be able to reverse engineer the Alliance's technology.

"Okay, done," Rodimus said, crawling out from where he was. "Let's fire it up."

Giving her sparkmate a playful salute, Storm Gunner tapped the controls. The massive Space Bridge Generator powered up, firing into the sky. Both of them mentally crossed their fingers. To their relief, a Space Bridge appeared, with Earth visible on the other side.

"Thirty seconds. RODIMUS CONVOY! TRANSFORM!"

"STORM GUNNER! TRANSFORM!"

They sped towards the Space Bridge, counting the seconds they had left. They only had one shot at this. If they didn't make it… well… It was best not to think about that.

Twenty-five seconds.

"Stop them!" Super Starscream roared. "Don't let them through!"

Twenty seconds.

They maneuvered around each other in an areal dance as they dodged blasts fired by Soundwave and Noise Maze.

Fourteen seconds.

"FORCE CHIP! IGNITION! CYCLONE TURBINE!"

As Rodimus shot forward, Storm Gunner used her sonic currents to increase her own speed and stay with him, though she knew he would never leave her behind.

Ten seconds.

They reached the Space Bridge.

Five seconds.

Soundwave and Noise Maze stopped their pursuit, returning to X2.

Three seconds.

Two.

They shot out the other side flying strait into Earth's stratosphere.

One.

Zero.

Emission had spotted the Space Bridge while she was flying. Right before it closed, she thought she saw a bright light on the surface of X2. She shrugged it off and flew to meet her fellow Terraformers, escorting them back to Earthfall. There, in Galaxy Convoy's office, they related their story to Galaxy Convoy, Emission, and their parents.

"So that was an explosion I saw," Emission said after their story was finished. "Very clever tactic."

"We're glad you made it," David said. "Luck was truly a factor."

"Unfortunately, luck just ran out," Galaxy Convoy said, staring at his screen.

"What do you mean?" Rodimus asked. "Did you forget to disable the security cameras, so that someone else knows about us being Terraformers?"

"No, I made sure to disable the cameras. But my computer still gets reports from the Command Center, and they want to know if they should sound the alarm," Galaxy Convoy answered, turning the screen towards them. "You brought back a guest, and judging by the fact that he's coming here, I don't think he's in a friendly mood."

The screen showed Super Starscream emerging from a Warp Gate, obviously very angry. "Well, Galaxy Convoy Soushireikan," Rodimus said, "I think you should sound the alarm."