Hello, bots and cons. Centurion Maximo here and welcome back to Young Justice: Their War, Our World. In the last chapter, the Machination have begun a massive recruitment. Who knows what will happen now.
Now, back to the action!
*Outer Space. The Watchtower. 23:23 pm*
It had been a couple of weeks since Red Tornado took off on his own. No one had heard from him since that. It was a lower point of morale for the Team as well as the League. Sure, they were still fighting the good fight, but it wasn't with as much spirit as before. Their minds were preoccupied with finding their missing teammate. Right now, the League had allowed the Team to join them on the Watchtower this once to help with the search. "So far, nothing." Robin groaned in frustration.
"Easy, Robin." Batman said, his voice a little softer than normal. "We'll come up with something soon."
Wally, on the other hand, was half searching and half marveling at the Watchtower. Miss Martian and Martian Manhunter were telepathically searching for any residue signal. Superman was doing his best to avoid Superboy as he was still very uncomfortable with him. Artemis and Green Arrow were readying their weapons should they come into contact with enemies. Aqualad and Aquaman were training to get ready for a potential fight.
"Wait a minute! I think I got something!" Dick exclaimed. Everyone else gathered.
"Red Tornado?" Black Canary asked, hoping it was their friend.
"Unfortunately, no. It seems to be coming from space." Dick informed. "Looks like a pod."
In Mount Justice, the Autobots were just lounging around when they were looking at the same image. Some Autobots were a little confused, but Bishop recognized the pod instantly. "He's here…"
"Bishop?" Skywinder asked quietly. Bishop didn't respond as he transformed and drove out of the mountain at top speed. "What was that about?"
Back in the Watchtower, everyone was watching the pod enter Earth's atmosphere, but it wasn't the only one. Four other pods were with the first. Batman and Dick managed to find the Autobot symbol on the five pods. "They're Autobot pods." Batman said.
"Okay, so that's good news at least." Superman stated.
"Guys, our new Autobot buddies are on the move." Flash pointed out.
"They must know these five." Green Arrow commented.
"Of course they do! Otherwise, they wouldn't have just left the mountain." Wally retorted.
"Guess they need every advantage to fight the Decepticons." Captain Atom voiced.
"Maybe these five Autobots are stronger than them." Wonder Woman contemplated.
"If the Machination is gaining strength and numbers, why not us?" Conner rhetorically asked.
*Isla Santa Prisca. Lucas Boomer's Group. 00:12 am*
Lucas, Hellcrest, Jodi, and Shimmer were woken up from their sleep due to the alarms going off. "This better be good." He answered the alarm, resulting in the other Machination groups popping up on the screen. "Okay, what's going on?"
"We've detected five objects approaching Earth's atmosphere." T.O Morrow explained.
"Cybertronian?" Hellcrest asked.
"Indeed." Venomsting answered. She typed more stuff in. When the result came in, she growled loudly. "Autobots…"
Hearing that got everyone's attention. "More Autobots. Scrap! Just what we need right now!" Stormflow exclaimed angrily.
"Calm down, Stormflow. The Autobots currently on Earth don't even know what we're doing." Ragebyte reminded.
"Right. Still, we don't know which Autobots these five are. We must proceed with caution from here on out." Storm Surge advised.
"Of course, Storm Surge." Ragebyte agreed.
*Earth. 60 kilometers outside Happy Harbor. 00:32 am*
The five pods had split off from one another, crashing in different parts. The pods opened up and five whole Autobots emerged. The quintet simply nodded at each other and left to find their alternate modes. The white, silver, and blue Autobot wound up at a new car dealership where it scanned a Porsche Boxer.
The white and red Autobot landed near a hospital, trying to stay out of sight of the humans with their phones and cameras, along with the obvious paramedics taking care of the injured. Luckily, he was just about to scan his mode which turned out to be a Type III that, he drove off.
The third Autobot had actually landed near a drive-in theater. He had spotted a GMC Topkick Pickup Truck. He considered choosing another alternate mode, but he wanted a form with more armor and kick. So, he transformed and made his way to the rendezvous point.
The fourth Autobot had already picked an alternate form with a pink and white Mazda MX-5. "I hope we're not too late. We got Bumblebee's report, after all." She was also speeding toward the rendezvous point. She'd landed near a fancy home that had the car she picked for a mode. Thankfully, she didn't wake anyone up when her pod landed.
The final Autobot was red and blue with window pecs, grill abs, and a faceplate. He was actually walking as quiet as he could to where he could find an alternate mode. Nearing a highway, he spotted a Peterbilt 379 Semi-Truck. Scanning the truck as it passed, he changed forms and like the others, he sped off.
*Happy Harbor. Just Outside Mount Justice. 02:13 am*
The Autobots, Team, and Justice League were outside the Team's base, waiting for the five Autobots. "Bishop, you're looking antsy." Sidewinder teased.
"I am not." Bishop quietly retorted.
"Seems like you know who these five new Autobots that are coming are." Martian Manhunter commented.
"These five are some of the best, but one is the best." Bishop added. "He's one of my very best, oldest friends, even before the war."
Just then, the five Autobots drove up to the large group and transformed to robot mode. No matter how many times it was seen, it was still shocking to most League and Team members. The Bots on the other hand, smiled greatly at the five. "You all must be the Justice League and the younger Team protecting Earth." The tallest Bot said with a deep voice.
"We are." Superman answered. "Who are you?"
"I am Optimus Prime." Optimus Prime introduced himself. "As you already know, we are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron."
"It's good to see you, sir." Bishop kept his smile.
"Sir?" Kid Flash questioned.
"Optimus is our leader and the reason we're all still online." Windstrike explained.
"Then, who are these other four?" Artemis raised an eyebrow.
"This is Jazz: The Autobot's First Lieutenant." Shade said.
"Nice to meet you. Hope you guys can carry a good tune." Jazz smiled.
"The one over here is our chief of security/weapons specialist: Ironhide." Windstrike continued.
"You punks better be as good as we heard in Bumblebee's report." Ironhide stated bluntly.
"That's Ratchet: Our medic." Windstrike said. "He can be a little tightly wound, but he's our best medic in the field."
"I resent that, Windstrike." Ratchet's left optic twitched a bit in irritation. "Regardless, it is good to see you all again."
"And the pink one here is Arcee, my mentor and a good Field Captain." Windstrike smiled.
Arcee walked up to Windstrike and hugged her. "I'm glad you made it through."
"Now that we're all acquainted, I'm assuming Bumblebee's report described what's going on." Greyhound assumed.
"Indeed it did. The Decepticons are working with certain people on this planet and are already spread far and wide." Arcee said.
"That's never good if they've got a foothold." Ironhide commented.
"We have to stop them, even if we're working with these guys." Jazz brought up.
"I suppose. Strength in numbers, but that doesn't mean you people come back always needing medical attention." Ratchet warned.
"Maybe you could also help us look for Red Tornado. He's gone missing." Black Canary brought up.
"We'll see what we can do." Arcee reassured. "We know what it's like for friends and comrades to suddenly run off."
*Vlatava Royal Palace. King Vertigo's Quarters. 04:54 am*
Vertigo had been going through potential candidates for his personal bodyguards to consolidate his power, but so far, only one had passed the looked over that file again. It was a young, 21-year old woman with short, purple hair, green eyes, tattoos of little fireballs on both her cheeks wearing a Vlatavan Royal Garb since passing the final test. This was Olive Cornell. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. "Enter."
The door opened and in stepped a couple people leading a 24 year-old man with short black hair, though a couple bangs covering his right eye, the eye that could be seen was yellow. He was wearing torn black jeans and a torn white t-shirt and dirty sneakers. "This one has passed your tests, sir." One of the people wearing sunglasses informed.
"Good work. What is your name?" Vertigo asked, clasping his hands together.
"James Brocknov, sir." James bowed.
"Congratulations on passing the tests. You have earned the right to be one of my personal bodyguards." Vertigo grinned.
"T-Thank you, sir. I will make you proud." James bowed again.
"Take him to the fitters." Vertigo ordered.
"Yes, sir." The two suited men acknowledged and led James out of the room.
"Things are going splendidly." Vertigo sustained the grin on his face.
*Unknown Location. Red Tornado. Unknown Time*
Red Tornado had lost track of how long he'd been going, but he wasn't going to stop. He was on a sort of personal quest which was strange for a machine. However, Tornado was determined to continue onward with his mission.
*Unknown Location. T.O Morrow's Location. 05:32 am*
"You seem in high spirits, Morrow despite us knowing more Autobots have landed on Earth." Ivo commented.
"That's because I've made contact with a disgruntled scientist who was discharged some time ago." T.O Morrow brought up
"Who did you have in mind?" Ivo asked, curious.
T.O Morrow gained a smirk. "Prometheus Black."
Hello, everyone. I hope you all liked this chapter of Young Justice: Their War Our World. This chapter has Batman showing a lighter side of himself that most people have unfortunately completely forgotten about as well as the Team and League together in the Watchtower searching for Red Tornado.
Meanwhile, Optimus Prime, Jazz, Ironhide, Ratchet, and Arcee have finally arrived on Earth. Unfortunately, the Decepticons and Machination have also detected these five, but aren't too worried as they don't know which five these bots are. Soon, these five meet the League, Team, and reunite with the Autobots already on Earth.
In Vlatava, King Vertigo has been selecting people to become his personal bodyguards to consolidate his power and grow his branch of the Machination. He's already gained two personal bodyguards: Olive Cornell and James Brocknov.
All the while, Red Tornado is continuing on his personal quest, determined to answer some of his question, the big one being: What is my purpose?
As usual, if anyone has any ideas for this story, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me.
PS#1: Ratchet is his tightly wound self from Transformers: Prime as I love that Ratchet incarnation.
PS#2: Prometheus Black from Transformers: Animated is name-dropped. What could this mean?