Here is Part 2, the chapter that, if the reviews I've read were any indicator, is the one you all were waiting for. Apologies for the long wait, and further apologies for (likely) an even longer wait for Part 3. Likely by the time this chapter will be published, I will be busy playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, I'll still write it on and off again while I do (and also am writing the interlude following Part 3), but don't expect the succeeding chapter (and the climax to Transformers) to be published anytime soon. That said, a couple of explanations are in order…
First, one of you reviewers suggested that I have the MHA cast react to the Arkham games. My answer for that suggestion is: No…and this is why…I would rather not cover a franchise that is already being covered by someone else in Kiddo's open invitation for reactions. There is only ONE DC thing I am interested in covering if the guy (Rich I think is part of his username) doesn't cover it, as he is doing the DCEU. That's it. I recognize Arkham's pedigree, but I don't feel motivated, or competent, to give the games justice on any level (heh, gamer pun…)
Second, some of you are getting confused over some of the choices I made regarding what I've written so far (Zarak instead of Scorponok being the primary example), I did state that Izanami plucked a slightly alternate version of Michael Bay's film (think Kiddo's Incredible Hulk coverage having Mark Ruffalo instead of Edward Norton as Bruce Banner), one where things were slightly different from what we got. Well, to get it out of the way, I chose to call Scorponok by his G1-self's partner's name for one reason (even if it sounds dumb), Rise of the Beasts. Can't really explain why I thought this, but what's done is done, and I'm sticking my guns with my choice. Anyways, this part is where this decision is going to be at its most noticeable, complete with the Autobot roster being bolstered from five in our version (as seen by Sean and Rosa) to TEN, yes, ten Autobots. How many Decepticons they will face would be revealed in the story proper though. I feel a little proud of my decision for the Autobot roster and hope you find it acceptable at least.
That being said though, one of you also expressed your concerns to me if I would exclude the second and third films. Sorry to disappoint, but I will cover those films as well, but if it helps, they will follow the same logic I made with the first one here (and it will be a LONG while with other things in between the films). Will not change the overall story of those films, but will 'spruce them up' a little to make them just a little better. So, feel free to provide me suggestions of additional Autobots & Decepticons and what they turn into (probably will not be as massive of an increase as doubling here in this first go). But, I ask, for the sake of being a little consistent with the original films, don't request characters that showed up AFTER the film's release dates (so sorry, Windblade will not show up in any of the first three Bayverse films, as much as I want to include her.) So, I am hoping for characters introduced at the soonest, around the pre-production or production proper for the films. So, for ROTF, that would be around 2008 or earlier, and for DOTM, that would be 2010 or earlier. As for Bumblebee and Rise of the Beasts getting this treatment, the first is a no, it will be the original, as for the second (based on what we've been hearing behind the scenes), we will see…
And finally, let's talk a bit about what exactly I am also going to cover. Well, I do want to keep some of the non-Transformers a surprise, I am considering The Super Mario Bros Movie, but I haven't decided if I want to cover it yet (or if someone else wants to take a crack at it for their own Kiddo-tied MHA Reacts). I will cover video game "movies" (as in, cutscenes & gameplay edited to make a movie), my confirmation on the High Moon Studios Cybertron games is all but confirmed by this point. Generally, if my tastes in entertainment are a tipping-off point, I generally would make the MHA cast react to animated stuff, live-action (barring several exceptions) just isn't appealing to me. Right, how about I just put down a list of what I will or may cover (not in order FYI);
- The Transformers (1984)
- The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
- Transformers: Beast Wars
- Transformers Prime
- Transformers: War for Cybertron (2010)
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
- The Unicron Trilogy (except Energon, cause f*ck Energon, still a maybe)
- The Monsterverse (still unsure, and likely will skip Kong: Skull Island if I do commit)
- And a few extra surprises that are real "ringers" and quite "legendary" (oh god, I think Mirio Togata is rubbing off of me)
There's also the mystery Disney and Dreamworks films I have ready, still got to wonder if what you think is what I've chosen. Perhaps to make it easier, I'll create a poll for both companies. As a reminder:
Disney - (A.) Wreck-It Ralph, (B.) The Lion King, (C.) Lilo & Stitch, (D.) Big Hero 6
Dreamworks - (A.) Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, (B.) The Prince of Egypt, (C.) Kung Fu Panda, (D.) Monsters vs. Aliens
I'll be honest and say that one of Dreamworks' choices is meant to be a joke, and not to be taken as seriously (I'll leave that to you to find out which one was the joke choice…)
With all that preamble away (and a couple of notes at the end), let's get into this over 39,000-word…second…part…
…seriously…what have I gotten myself into…
…I'm scared…
Legend:
He put up with the torment... = Normal Dialogue
"Son of a...!" = Extra Loud Speaking Dialogue/All Might Buff-form Dialogue
Raptor = Vehicle Name
"I will NEVER join you!" the boy shouted... = Movie Scene Dialogue
1:24:19 = Timestamp/Title/Brand
~"I can help you learn to let go of your hatred..."~ = Telepathic Dialogue
'Who could be so cruel to do this to a child...?' = Inner Monologue
*HSSSSSSHH !* = Sound Effects
0:51:43-0:52:22
"Oh s*t!" Kaminari exclaimed excitedly, "We're getting a movie car chase! Those are always so freaking awesome to watch!"
"If we weren't shown the context of this scene before, and I saw a Camero running from a police car. I would've helped in the pursuit and unknowingly help a crooked cop attack two innocent civilians…" Tsukauchi remarked.
His sister added, "You would also end up dead at said crooked cop's hands…"
"In case any of you were wondering, Barricade's alt-mode is a Saleen S281 Police Cruiser, for the purposes of filmmaking, the high-performance car part manufacturer, Saleen Automotive, created the cars for Barricade and 'Bee' for scenes of them in vehicle mode…" Izanami said to the audience, with her catching Izuku Midoriya writing the info about Barricade's alt-mode in his notebook.
"Saleen, huh?" Present Mic thought, "No wonder Barricade's keeping up with the Camero bot, they make sweet cars…"
The scene played out as "Bee" was chased by Barricade, Mikaela was freaking out that they were going to die, with Spike saying they won't because the disguised yellow Transformer was an excellent driver.
"A kicka*s driver indeed! Those moves are sweet!" Present Mic said with a grin on his face at "Bee's" moves to evade the Decepticon enforcer.
"When 'Bee' crashed through the debris, Spike certainly changed his tune about saying they were going to die…" Kyoka giggled at the silliness of the situation the two teens found themselves in.
Izuku confessed, "If I was in Spike's place right now, I probably would react the same…"
Mina asked, "Yeah, but wouldn't you use your quirk to bust Barricade and escape from the good guy Camero?"
"Sure, but my answer is under the pretense that if I was there, I also lived in a quirkless world…" Izuku clarified.
Sean spoke to everyone, "Quirks have become so commonplace in your present-day society that you often forget that a lot of the history-defining moments of humanity's existence were made by Quirkless people. It was a quirkless man who was the first to walk on the moon, it was quirkless people who built the pyramids that stand the test of time thousands of year's after their civilizations have disappeared. The list goes on, outside of the first pro-heroes, what happened since Quirks started to appear that equaled the two events I have named?"
This did stump everyone. They tried to rethink what they would do in those situations that Spike found himself in, and most agreed with themselves that they might not fare any better than Spike did.
Something really rattled in Rosa's mind about the film she's seeing right now, compared to the film she remembered when she was a mortal human.
"Hey Pa-I-I-mean, Izanami? Your brother somewhat told us how slightly different this film was compared to the one we are most familiar with back home. But, could you clarify just how different this film is from our version of Transformers (2007), please?" Rosa asked the deity, with Izuku and Kyoka picking up that the girl almost called their host something else.
"How different?" Izanami repeated in a curious tone, then answered the question, "If you already picked it up, the story remains exactly the same, but a few characters have different names like Sam is called Spike, and Scorponok is instead called Zarak, to name two examples. There are also a few additional characters not present in your version that have no real significant impact on the plot. Those additional characters are more like additional Transformers that serve more as background characters most of the time. Some of the Transformers even look a bit more like their original depictions or call back to them, while still having that 'more alien less blocky' thing that Michael Bay pushed for…"
"Oh, that explains Frenzy's colors and his more bulked-out frame, he was a lanky, scrawny guy from our memories of the film…" Sean remarked.
"And I thought Zarak's, or as we remember him, Scorponok's, colors seemed more different, a…sandy purple…?" Rosa added.
Izanami then said, "Yeah, there might be some people who are confused about what they're reading. So please be patient with me, and the guy writing this…"
"Writing…what?" Shigaraki questioned, which the deity replied, "Oh, I was talking to myself, you can ignore it…"
Sean whispered to his wife, "How much do you think she was talking to people from the primary reality?"
Rosa replied in the same tone to her husband, "Knowing our friend, with absolute certainty…"
Kyoka heard that little conversation, and questions rang through her head about whatever this "primary reality" they were talking about. What was the "primary reality" exactly? And why would Izanami talk about it?
The music from the chase scene ceased playing, which everyone's attention was refocused on the movie. Kyoka was unaware that Izuku Midoriya heard the couple as well, creating a page regarding the aforementioned "primary reality" and writing up possibilities on what it could be.
0:52:22-0:52:37
"Huh? Why would 'Bee' lock Mikaela and Spike in the car?" Mina asked once the Camero's locking mechanisms activated, with his two passengers trying and failing to pull them up to get out.
"He must not be letting them leave until the coast is clear…" Setsuna guessed, trying to figure out what was going on in the good guy's mind.
Momo surmised, "Barricade is still in the area, so it still may not be safe for Witwicky or Banes to go out. He could ambush them and be captured by him, then they would be at his mercy…"
Hearing Spike remark to Mikaela that they ditched the monster Barricade, Izuku could only reply by saying, "Spike, you are not out of the woods just yet…"
0:52:37-0:52:46
The theater was filled with silence as the characters on the screen grew quiet as well, the tension was thick once Barricade in his police car mode stopped, like the Decepticon noticed something…
"He's right…" Present Mic said, breaking the silence, "…it's time to start…"
0:52:46-0:53:00
The disguised Camero-bot stepped on the gas and rushed to get past Barricade, who tried to reverse on the escaping robot.
"Whoo-boy! Was that a close shave, if he was a second late, Barricade would've crashed into them…" Awase remarked.
The good guy Camero then swerved and opened the passenger door, with Spike and Mikaela spilling out.
"Oooo! Is he gonna do it? Is he going to transform?" Nejire said excitedly, to which Mei replied in a similar tone, "Oh yes! That baby's going to robot mode to kick the bad baby's metal a*s all the way to the scrapyard…"
Sure enough, their anticipation was paid off…
0:53:00-0:53:13
The Camero transformed into a yellow robot as he got into a defensive stance, ready to protect Spike and Mikaela from Barricade. Present Mic saw the prompt was cued and then read out the card for this new Transformer…
"Get ready to meet our resident good boy, Bumblebee! Function: Autobot Scout. The phrase "sting like a bee" could never be more appropriate than here in describing this friendly and loyal soldier for peace and justice in the galaxy! Packing powerful cannons and stingers that can paralyze Decepticons with bolts of electricity, he is the resident scout who goes undercover behind enemy lines, scoping out danger for his friends, more than willing to lay down his life to ensure a galaxy of freedom from tyranny! Too bad he can't speak due to injuries in battle, I heard he is quite witty…!"
Izuku quickly wrote down the new Transformer's name, and got to work on sketching out a rough outline of this new Transformer, the first good guy robot they'd seen in the film as a robot.
"Bumblebee…that name has a nice ring to it…" Izuku muttered to himself as he wrote down Present Mic's provided info on the little yellow not.
"Aww, he may be a giant robot, but he looks so cute! Like a little brother, that's the vibes I'm getting from him…" Mina cooed as despite being a giant robot, Bumblebee's physique and face gave him a cute, almost friendly appearance.
All the other girls agreed with the pink-skinned student, they already liked Bumblebee before when he was just a busted-up Camero before, but seeing him in robot mode has already cemented him as their all-time favorite hero out of all of the heroes they've seen. His design assured everyone that they would instantly gravitate toward him if they ever met him. Even the villains find Bumblebee hard to hate because they could see in his eyes, he's young and determined, and they could get behind him on the latter, despite being a hero.
"I like Bumblebee…" Eri said with a smile, she already felt connected to the Autobot, which Kota, Mahoro, and Katsuma agree with the little girl.
"I like Bumblebee too, Eri…he's the bee's knees…" Mirio said as he felt especially connected to Bumblebee through a feeling he had.
"Boo! Lame pun!" Mina spoke loudly as she showed her two thumbs down, which Mirio laughed off.
0:53:13-0:53:23
"Hell yeah! We are getting a giant robot fight!" Kirishima shouted in excitement, a sentiment shared by every teenager and child in the room.
"F*ck yeah!" Bakugo roared with a huge smile on his face, "Kick that lousy cop's a*s, Bumblebee!"
Even the adults couldn't help but be excited to see two, giant, transforming robots duke it out in a battle to the death.
"Yikes! What kind of messed up weapon did this crooked cop pull out?" Present Mic remarked once Barricade revealed a spinning-bladed, morning star-like, mace weapon.
"I don't know…" Midnight replied with a nervous shudder seeing so many blades rotate and spin around like a meat grinder, "But can we agree that it would not be a pretty sight if we get hit by a weapon like that?"
All the adults agreed with Midnight, even most of the villains paled at the thought of being on the receiving end of Barricade's close-range weapon.
0:53:23-:0:53:46
"Oh, crap! I completely forgot about Frenzy, he was with Barricade when they were looking for Ladiesman217 aka Spike Witwicky…" Sato said as he prevented himself from choking on his drink.
"Whoa, what did Barricade say?" Kaminari asked, hearing the Decepticon say something in his alien language.
"Along the lines of, 'If it isn't the scout, prepare to join your fallen brethren in oblivion, Autobot!' or something like that…" Izanami answered, sounding a little bored.
Midnight sighed as she remarked, "Of course, that is what he said. What a villainous thing to say to our lovable Bumblebee…"
Barricade charged at Bumblebee and said more alien babble as he struck at Bumblebee with his weapon. Meanwhile, Frenzy chased Mikaela and Spike as his partner distracted Bumblebee. The two metal goliaths crushed a small building (likely a utility shed) as they tumbled and wrestled into a drainage trench.
"Ha-ha-ha-haa! That's f*cking more like it! Destroy that motherfu–err–destroy that loser cop robot!" Bakugo roared out with pure glee until he noticed the glares Sean and their host were giving him, he quickly tried to reign it in with the cussing, but it was hard.
Aizawa felt his eyes twitch in frustration, sure, from a cinematic perspective, this was excellent fight choreography. But as a hero…
"Bumblebee's not prioritizing the safety of those teenagers, focusing on Barricade, and in doing so, letting Frenzy go after them to get those glasses they are after. On top of reckless property damage…"
Aizawa turned to his students and Class 1-B and shot them a glare as he said to all the kids, "If Vlad King or myself catch any of you being as careless as Bumblebee was in this instance, you will pay for it. Do I make myself clear?"
All the students gulped nervously and replied, "Yes sir…!"
0:53:46-0:54:07
"Goddammit, Why!" Bakugo shouted as the sound of a palm connecting to its forehead sounded loudly in the room, "Go back to the robot brawl! I want to see Bumblebee tear that loser villain robot a new…butthole…!"
Izuku thought it was funny, and a little worrying, about how his friend from childhood was now trying to censor himself. Concerned that he will say or do something wrong, and end up with him likely being erased from existence.
"Not to sound offensive or make light of a dangerous situation, but at least Frenzy is focused on Spike, and completely ignoring Mikaela…" Kaminari said with a nervous shrug, in response to Kyoka giving him that infamous "look" one gives to someone who says something they probably shouldn't have said.
"It also seems that Mikaela is running to get something to fight off Frenzy. Instead of getting help, a really dumb decision if this wasn't a movie and every person in that world is Quirkless…" Snipe commented as Mikaela seemed to be running to a shed while Frenzy was dragging Spike by the legs.
Everyone could see the panic in Spike's eyes, and the heroes-in-training felt the need to jump in and rescue Spike (and also stop Barricade), but they had to remember this was a movie.
Soon everyone's uneasiness was lifted by a bit of comedy by Spike shouted that Frenzy was going to kill him in a girlish, screaming voice and that Frenzy trying to drag Spike closer to interrogate him resulted in…
"Bwah-ha-ha-ha-haa! Oh my God! He pantsed him! That is too freaking hilarious!" Present Mic bawled in laughter, tears coming from his eyes as he couldn't breathe he was laughing so hard.
"I know I shouldn't be laughing here, but good grief was that a funny thing to see…" Setsuna said in the middle of some snickers and giggles…
0:54:07-0:54:32
Izuku shuddered as he would've been panicking big time if he was in Spike's position, he would be screaming his lungs out if Frenzy chased after him like a crazed psychopath.
"Sheesh…if we didn't see what Frenzy was capable of earlier, I would've thought Spike would be overreacting being chased by a robot so small…" Kosei remarked.
Once the scene continued to show Mikaela run into a nearby tool shed, they soon see her grabbing a power saw.
Melissa remarked at the scene, "Grabbing a weapon to use on a threat is neat and all, but I don't see how it would work on a robot with an 'invisible force field' like Frenzy…"
"I wouldn't worry about the effectiveness a power saw would have just yet…you'll see when we get there…" Rosa replied to the blonde inventor.
The scene then shifted back to Spike being chased by Frenzy. Frenzy climbed onto Spike's back in an attempt to pin him down, but the boy managed to grab onto one of Frenzy's arms then threw the Decepticon off his back. Frenzy bounced away from Spike, but quickly got to his feet in a single hop.
"Why didn't Spike run once he judo threw Frenzy off his back…?" Mina asked, as she felt just as tense as Spike did in the movie.
"You noticed Frenzy's footwork, how they tip-tapped side to side? That caused Spike to hesitate, not knowing which direction to run, as Frenzy could easily block or catch Spike if he ran away…" Ida replied, only guessing based on the facts presented before them.
'Eh, that's about the in-universe explanation for why Spike didn't run once he threw that pipsqueak off of him…the real reason; forced drama and movie logic…' Izanami said as she conjured a small bowl of Flavor-Blasted Goldfish, and consumed them…
0:54:32-0:55:04
Melissa gasped once she saw that the power saw wielded by Mikaela cleaved through Frenzy's arm, the Decepticon screaming in pain.
"But…doesn't Frenzy have…?" Melissa began to ask, until her father inquired to their host, "The shields around a Transformer, they vary depending on the size of the individual, do they…?"
Izanami replied, "Yeah…some Transformers don't even have shields because either A.) their armor is too tough to need one, or B.) they lack the frame to have one put into their systems…"
"Frenzy is the latter…" Rosa added, "You can see that he's way too small for a shield generator, even the smallest kinds, wouldn't be able to be housed in their systems…"
Izuku quickly made a note that the force fields surrounding a Transformer were limited in size, and by that logic, also in effectiveness and power. He also added the note that not all Transformers have shield generators, and apparently said generators can come in quite small sizes for the robots, but they need mass to necessitate such devices.
Ochako noticed Izuku muttering up a storm over the ideas and such regarding this juicy information, and giggled a little. She got Izuku's attention, "I don't think you want to put your nose into that notebook of yours, just a feeling Deku…"
Izuku noticed and stopped writing to see more of the film, the scene now showing Mikaela using the power saw to repeatedly do damage to Frenzy, while Spike was encouraging her to kill Frenzy, likely adrenaline being why he said so…
"Wow! She's suddenly even hotter…and scarier…" Mineta remarked with drool dripping from his mouth, commenting after seeing Mikaela use the power saw on Frenzy.
Seeing Frenzy's head try to disconnect something from his mangled body, Kirishima asked, "Whoa, hold up! What is that not-manly bot doing?"
But such answers remain unsaid as everyone laughed as Frenzy muttered some words in his language that were likely inaudible grumbles as he tried to escape as a severed head, with Spike getting some bravado by insulting the Decepticon as he tried to flee.
"I agree, not so tough when you're just a head huh, you puny piece of scrap…" Bakugo roared out, laughing at the humiliation the diminutive Decepticon had just experienced.
Spike kicking Frenzy's head a good distance away prompted Sero to joke, holding his hands up like an umpire or referee, "It's good! Points to the home team!"
This made everyone laugh even harder when they heard Frenzy shout in a voice similar to that infamous movie sound effect, the "Wilhelm Scream…"
"It may be frustrating that the villain got his a*s handed to him, but I'll admit that was pretty funny…" Shigaraki said, both forcing down a chuckle, and scratching his neck.
Once Spike and Mikaela left to inspect what happened to Bumblebee and Barricade, they soon saw that Frenzy's severed head was still alive, and that he converted some of his leftover mass into a little spider-like body for his disproportionate head to rest over.
"Are you kidding me?! He's still alive?!" Setsuna exclaimed as Frenzy crawled over to Mikaela's purse, and inspected its contents with interest.
"Hey, creep! Get your spider legs out and off of that girl's purse!" Mina shouted at Frenzy, an uncomfortable feeling shared with every woman in the room.
0:55:04-0:55:49
Everyone was quiet for a few moments as Spike and Mikaela looked up to see Bumblebee walk towards them, the Autobot's left arm was a cannon of some kind, then shifted back to a fingered hand. They felt the soft thuds of the weight of the Transformer with every step he took, and they heard the music change to that which to Kyoka's musical ears sounded…reflective…serene…
Hearing Spike respond to Mikaela's inquiry about what Bumblebee was, Mei responded to Spike's response, "Well duh, of course, he's a robot, an advanced one at that. He's such a wonderful baby…"
"Yeah, I can see why you think Bumblebee is Japanese…" Kaminari chuckled, "…I mean, Japan pretty much invented the transforming robot, from everything like Super Sentai…"
"It's a little more multilayered than that, Kaminari…" Rosa said, "But, our host is very insistent that she will handle the explanation after the film is over…"
Sean calmed his wife down, who looked upset over not getting to explain the Transformers and their connection to Japan.
"Yeah, general rule of thumb in films, if something hasn't hurt you when it could have done so already, 90% of the time is a good guy…" Yui remarked, a smile forming on her face that she is trying to force down.
"Even if Bumblebee isn't a threat, Spike should be more cautious about approaching Bumblebee. Even if he saved their lives, that doesn't mean they have to let their guard down. If any of you students find yourselves in a situation like this, never let your guard down, okay…" Aizawa commented, then said to everyone, giving the students a warning glare.
"Yes sensei…" all the students replied.
"Giant droid death match indeed…" Tetsutetsu remarked, "Glad that fake cop is out of the picture…"
Before Izuku could write Barricade's fate as deceased, Izanagi explained, "Barricade actually survived his battle with Bumblebee. He was left paralyzed temporarily, and won't be a problem for the three for the rest of the night. Bumblebee would have finished off Barricade if it wasn't for the fact that Frenzy was after Spike. Obviously, that isn't a problem anymore, but another reason Bumblebee didn't finish Barricade off was that he is on very limited time. There is also the warrior's code of not inflicting harm on an unarmed opponent, Barricade was disarmed, and unable to move, so there's little point for Bumblebee to kill his opponent, despite having killed many Decepticons beforehand…"
Izuku was glad he didn't write Barricade's fate after hearing that, but had to note that the first hero robot was already a killer, but he remembered he was a soldier fighting a war, so Bumblebee killing some other Decepticons was given.
Hearing the two teens talk a bit more, hearing Spike guess that Bumblebee wants something from him, Mikaela asking incredulously "What?", and then Spike clarifying that Barricade earlier was talking about his eBay page. Even the students thought this was quite a strange occurrence…
"Yeah, I'm with you sister, if I was in your place…" Mina remarked to Mikaela's statement about Spike, Toru adding, "Definitely the strangest boy I would ever meet in that situation…"
Spike then asked Bumblebee if he could talk…
0:55:49-0:56:01
Everyone was caught off guard by Bumblebee using a car radio, the sounds of him changing stations being particularly loud, and hearing Bumblebee use snippets of words from various radio clips to answer…
*"XM Satellite Radio…Digital cable brings you…Columbia Broadcasting System…"* Bumblebee spoke to the two teenagers.
"S-so you…you talk through the radio?" Spike asked Bumblebee, pointing where he thinks the radio was located on the Autobot's body…
"Ooo…he talk radio? Man, he's already my favorite character…" Present Mic said excitedly.
Hearing what Bumblebee used in response made everyone laugh, as the Autobot clapped his hands and nodded at Spike in affirmation.
"Ha…that's funny…" Kaminari replied.
"It's not that funny, charming sure, but not really funny…" Kyoka quietly replied.
"It's obvious Bumblebee is no threat to Spike, so I have to ask what was he doing that night, with that flashing light…?" Tokoyami asked.
"Yaoyorozu definitely caught it that time, so I'm certain Bumblebee was communicating with someone of something…" Itsuka replied, right as Spike asked Bumblebee what that light show was…
0:56:01-0:56:22
"…*beep-beep* Message from Starfleet, Captain…Throughout the inanimate vastness of space…angels will rain down like visitors from heaven! Hallelujah!…"* Bumblebee answered Spike, looking up to the sky and pointing at the stars.
"What was that? I heard Bumblebee reference Star Trek with that first quote, but his reply escaped me…" Ojiro asked, scratching his head.
"So, Bumblebee was contacting other Transformers on his side to Earth. This means we will be seeing reinforcements to his faction…" Momo said as through the radio, Bumblebee told Spike and Mikaela that he sent a message to his colleagues, and they will soon be arriving tonight.
David said to All Might, "Hey Yagi, the more we've seen these Transformers, the more I'm getting the feeling that they weren't built by any race…"
"I agree Dave, it more seems like, that these robots are…alive…somehow…" All Might replied to his former sidekick.
Hearing Mikaela ask Bumblebee if he was an alien, Mina couldn't help but reply cheekily, "You bet he's an alien robot. What did you think he was, Mickey Mouse?"
Mei chimed in as Bumblebee nodded and pointed at Mikaela in response, "Oh what a beautiful baby Bumblebee is. I will never get tired of seeing him or any of them transform…"
Izuku couldn't help but reply, "I agree with you Hatsume, there's something about seeing it here that's so satisfying to watch."
Ochako did agree with the two about the satisfying transformations, but couldn't help but feel the same ugly feeling she had during that incident after the U-A Sports Festival. She thinks it's jealousy, but she tried to quiet her heart and bury that feeling away. It wasn't the place or time to see Izuku in a romantic light, no matter if this forced break was a good opportunity to actually relax and not focus too much on hero training.
Thankfully for Ochako, her thoughts were interrupted when Bumblebee, transformed back into a Camero, asked Mikaela through the radio if there were any more questions they want to ask, opening the passenger's car door.
"Oh! I wasn't expecting that quote…" All For One commented, "The film's name escapes me, but I know I've heard it before from a pre-quirk era film."
"Sadly, you're not the only one…" Rosa replied with a sigh, "…Even I don't know what film/radio/whatever Bumblebee just quoted…"
Izanagi looked at the readers and whispered too quietly for Kyoka to hear, "Any of you want to give it a crack? I know obviously, but I'm curious about what you all think that quote is from…"
0:56:22-0:56:57
Spike had guessed correctly that Bumblebee wants to get in the car, with Mikaela asking to go where, some pros were as cautious as the girl.
"Why can't Bumblebee just tell them? Ribbit." Asui asked, wondering why Bumblebee wasn't talking while the other Decepticons clearly could.
"I'm wondering the same thing…" Present Mic added, Rosa explained, "You do know that the card you read for Bumblebee already gave the answer, right? But, if you need clarification, Bumblebee here doesn't say anything other than anything through the radio, not because he wants to, but because he can't speak at all. He sustained damage that robbed him of his capability of speech years before this film takes place. His speech synthesizer was torn out of his throat in battle with another Decepticon, over Bumblebee refusing to give the Decepticon vital information that would've cost a lot of Autobot lives if he gave it up…"
Mei gasped in shock, along with a lot of others, as the support-course student responded, "Oh, poor Bumblebee. I would build him a new speech synthesizer so he would talk…"
"What a brave and heroic thing to do, refusing to endanger the lives of his comrades at the cost of his ability to speak! It's so moving!" Ida clapped for Bumblebee's heroic deed.
Spike responded to Mikaela's question, about wanting to say you had the guts to get in the car fifty years from now.
"Well…I would agree with you Spike, if I was there looking back at my life, I would totally want to say that I had the guts to get into a transforming robot car 50 years from now…" Toru said, with plenty of the other students agreeing. Melissa and Mei most especially due to their passion for figuring out the mechanics behind a Transformer.
As soon as Spike and Mikaela got in Bumblebee's car form, the scene cut quickly to show what happened to Barricade, and suffice to say, it got everyone laughing as he was paralyzed in a very unflattering position, sparks jumped across his body, uncontrollable twitching in his fingers, growling in anger, and a vengeful sneer on his slightly scorched monstrous face.
"Ooo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Barry's very unhappy!" Mina giggled uncontrollably, with Kaminari adding, "Oh yeah, he's making a face that screams, 'when I can move my legs, I'm gonna kill the closest living thing to me' all over it…"
Rosa was bawling in laughter, clutching her sides as she said, "Why didn't our Michael Bay do this in our version? This…this is too funny not to include, that is so much better than our version…"
Even Aizawa couldn't help but smirk at the humiliating position the villain robot was in, he tried and barely succeeded in containing his laughter enough that Present Mic and Midnight won't tease him about it.
Shigaraki thought in both anger and amusement, 'That's what you get for failing your mission, you dumbass cop…'
They saw Frenzy again inspecting a cell phone, all of them assuming it belonged to Mikaela, then he drove a spiked appendage through it.
"Wh-what is Frenzy doing?" Ochako asked in a worried tone, and also out of depression at a perfectly fine cell phone being destroyed.
They soon saw Frenzy look at the phone, which made Momo alert as she wondered aloud, "No way, he wouldn't…but…then…how…"
Momo never finished her wonderings as the severed but still alive head of Frenzy tossed the phone away and then, to everyone's shock and worry, Frenzy transformed into a perfect copy of the cell phone he just tossed away…
"That's…impossible…" Thirteen said, "That…it-it couldn't be that easy…c-could it?"
Izanami paused the film as she said, "An explanation is in order. So Hizashi Yamada, please read Frenzy's card, our resident Transformers expert will fill in any gaps the card provides…"
Present Mic heard Izanami and shuffled through most of the blank cards and found Frenzy's, saying, "Got it…alright…"
"This infiltrator is known as Frenzy, a Mini-Con in service to the Decepticons. Function: Decepticon spy, saboteur, and information gatherer. Possessing a decentralized, modular nervous system makes this hyperactive little monster exceptionally hard to kill. This little psycho also has a hyper-reactive trans-scanning and reformatting system that also makes this cockroach easy to lose track of. Frenzy is armed to the teeth in weapons for causing chaos and carnage, from miniguns to collapsible bladed disk shurikens made from CDs. He sounds like a total pest…"
"Decentralized, modular nervous system?!" Melissa exclaimed in shock.
"Hyper-reactive, trans-scanning and reformatting system?!" Mei also exclaimed in shock, but also gleeful excitement.
"The hell's that supposed to mean…!" Bakugo shouted in confusion.
"Oh goodness! Frenzy sounds even worse than the entire League of Villains combined!" Momo gasped at the information revealed about the tiny Decepticon, which did earn a few stink-eyes from some of the said league.
"Uh…I take it that's bad…right…?" Ragdoll asked, not liking the tone used.
Nezu explained to everyone, "Miss Shiretoko…as the children would say it, 'it is really bad'…what it means ultimately boils down to, it is very difficult to kill Frenzy, and he can easily slip under the radar if given the opportunity…"
Nezu sighed as he confessed, "To tell you the truth, I am having difficulty thinking of strategies to implement to defeat this villain based on what we have seen this far because outside of outright disintegration, he would be a high-priority target in our world…"
"That scrawny piece of scrap metal sounds like a f*cking cockroach…" Bakugo said to himself quietly, he understood some of the techno-babble, and he agreed with Nezu on how difficult it would be to kill Frenzy.
"We need someone like this in the League of Villains…" Shigaraki whispered to the other members of the league.
"An infiltrator that is an expert saboteur and spy, capable of hiding by disguising himself as anything, and hard to kill even if you behead him…I agree…" Kurogiri replied
Everyone agreed that Frenzy was one terrifying villain, his feats speak alone in that he could not only trigger wars, but he could enter basically any secure facility on the planet, and cause chaos.
"Might we resume? Because we are on borrowed time…" Izanagi asked, his emotionless stare making everyone's blood run cold for some unexplained reason.
The film resumed as Mikaela stepped out of Bumblebee to pick up her purse and "phone", and Spike's discarded pants, then hopped back into Bumblebee as he drove off.
0:56:57-0:57:56
It was slightly amusing to the audience that both Spike and Mikaela were not sitting in the driver's seat while Bumblebee was driving, well, Ida wasn't as he started a tirade on Mikaela on how she should be seated and buckled for her safety. Somewhat ignoring Mikaela's comment about Bumblebee being a pretty good driver.
"Ida man, relax, they cannot hear you!" Kirishima said as he, Shoji, Tokoyami, and Dark Shadow tried to get the speedster to sit down.
When Spike asked Mikaela why she wasn't sitting in the driver's seat, she responded that she wasn't going to sit in the seat, because Bumblebee was driving.
"I mean, if I went through what they went through and the Transformer wanted to take me somewhere, I wouldn't be willing to sit in the driver's seat as well, like Banes," Kyoka confessed.
Most of the students and some of the adults agreed as Spike remarked that Mikaela was right about the driving thing.
"Huh?! What did he say!?" Mineta perked up when Spike suggested that Mikaela sit on his lap.
"He's suggesting that she sit on his lap? Why?" Melissa asked, saying "Why" at the same time as Mikaela.
Mina hissed in cringe as she knew the look Mikaela gave Spike when she asked why, commenting, "Yeah, that would be me if some boy suggested I sit on his lap if I didn't want to sit in the driver's seat of a Transformer…"
Mineta, Kosei, Sero, Kaminari, and Awase tried to hold back snickers and chuckles at the exchange, beginning to wonder if the same could work for them if their world had Transformers.
"Cool it, perverts!" Rosa barked out at the snickering class perverts of 1-A and 1-B.
Once Spike, quite innocently, explained that his seat has a seatbelt and safety first, Ida applauded Spike for being a stickler for road safety, ignoring the obvious problems with the Witwicky boy's suggestion. Mikaela sighed and agreed, moving to the passenger's seat and sitting on Spike's lap as he buckled the two to the seat.
Some of the girls felt steam rise from their collars at the unintentionally hot scene. Even more so when Mikaela confessed to Spike that his seatbelt line was a pretty smooth move.
'Oh, man! I have got to remember this if I ever get into this position. I am so freaking jealous, I wish I bought a Transformer as my first car so I could get a hot babe to sit on my lap!' Mineta slobbered as he hoped one of the aliens they were told existed in their universe were like the Transformers.
'Yeah-no…' Izanani thought to herself, 'They have already seen you and they wouldn't help you out even if you beg. Not like your reality's Transformers would get involved in Earth's affairs…'
"I would not fall for that move, I would have him sit in the driver's seat if I was in Banes' place" Kyoka huffed, not feeling very comfortable over the scene.
Then, Mikaela asked Spike something she didn't understand, that if Bumblebee was an advanced alien robot…
"Ooo…" Everyone hissed and cringed at Mikaela's comment, with Hatsume vocally rebounding it by saying, "EXCUSE YOU?! HE IS NO PIECE OF CRAP, CAMERO! BUMBLEBEE IS A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL BABY! A MARVEL OF TECHNOLOGY!"
Sean got in front of Hatsume and quickly quieted her by placing a finger on her mouth, saying to her, "Hey-hey-hey-hey! Relax, Hatsume. Mikaela doesn't mean it like that. Her only critique was over his choice of disguise, which Transformers could easily change. Okay?"
The support-course student nodded in compliance as Sean let go of her, he soon returned next to his wife as in the movie, Bumblebee skidded to a halt and had both of his passengers exit.
0:57:56-0:58:40
"Hahaha! Oh, that is funny…!" Present Mic laughed along with most of the audience as Bumblebee swerved to a stop in the middle of a busy tunnel.
"Bumblebee! It is against the law to stop in the middle of the–" Ida tried to lecture the Autobot on the screen, but Tsukauchi said to the boy, "Save your breath kid, while this is technically illegal in any country's laws, not much we can do to lecture here…"
Everyone laughed as they heard a guy behind Bumblebee shout "Move it, you moron!" and they found it very entertaining the way that guy said it.
"Hey wait! I've heard that guy before! Don't remember his name, but I heard this in quite a few movies…" Kaminari said as he pointed to the screen.
Ochako remarked as Spike complained to Bumblebee leaving him and Mikaela high-and-dry in the tunnel, "Yeah, 4,000 dollars just drove off…I would be losing my cool too if I was in his situation."
"It's so not manly for Bumblebee to drive off after ditching them after saving them from that Barricade b*d…" Kirishima added, he and Tetsutetsu fuming at Bumblebee's thin skin over an unintended insult.
"FYI guys, Bumblebee isn't going to leave Spike and Mikaela dry like that for long…" Rosa said to everyone, "He's going to change his look to be more, 'presentable' as the saying goes, by scanning a new vehicle mode…"
Mei wondered as they saw Bumblebee do a ridiculous feat of driving on two wheels to the side, "I wonder how he's going to change up his appearance, scanning indicates some kind of blueprints involved?"
Then, another, newer-looking Camero drove on the opposite side of the tunnel, an electric sound echoed as a blue light ran over the new Camero. This surprised everyone as in that brief moment, the Camero had lines that looked like a computer rendering of the car's overall frame.
'No…it can't be that easy to scan a vehicle mode…can it?' Momo thought as to Spike and Mikaela's shock, Bumblebee drove back, now as a clean updated Camero.
"Whoa! Bumblebee got a glow-up…" Setsuna remarked with wide eyes.
"Those of you who care, Bumblebee scanned a new alt-form, taking on the disguise of a 2006 Concept Chevrolet Camero, a sleek muscle car that exploded in popularity in realities after this film…" Izanami said, a smirk on her face seeing how some people looked at the Camero like it was a steak…
"*whistle*! What a swee-heet ride. I'm actually jealous of Witwicky…" Present Mic whistled in amazement.
"I agree, Hizashi…I would love to have such a slick car myself…" Midnight replied to her co-worker's statement.
"What a beautiful car…" Mr. Compress said, feeling the thief in him desiring to steal it.
"Well someone's happy to get an upgrade…" Awase thought with a smile, seeing the smile on both teens' faces as they entered Bumblebee.
"Transformers can always scan any vehicle, or otherwise, it is built into their physiology, every Transformer has a part called a 'Transformation Cog' or 'T-Cog' for short inside their bodies that enable them to not only scan their alt-modes, but also allow them to transform. But, usually scanning a new alt-mode consumes their fuel, a substance called Energon…" Rosa helpfully explained.
Izanagi added, "You will hear more about T-Cogs later down the line, but that is a basic explanation of how and what allows Transformers to do what they were nicknamed for…"
Izuku was quick to jot down the piece of information regarding how Transformers scan a vehicle to assume the disguise of whatever vehicle they choose, and the details about Energon and T-Cogs…
0:58:40-0:59:00
(Play Arrival To Earth - Transformers Complete Film Score)
Everyone soon saw out in space after Bumblebee upgraded to that 2006 Concept Camero, there were nine meteors heading straight for the Earth at a breakneck pace. The change in the music was felt by everyone, Kyoka noticed the change most, as it started off with a feeling she did not expect from this type of movie. The music sounded like it would be more fitting in some movie with religious concepts or angels from heaven were appearing on the Earth, which technically isn't wrong here.
"Oh are you guys in for a real treat…" Rosa said as she slightly bounced in her seat with excitement as her husband smiled brightly as well.
"Oh, there are nine meteors instead of four…so five new additional Autobots are in this version of the film, compared to the one we have seen as mortals…" Sean remarked with Rosa positively beaming with anticipation.
"Four? Was there really that many in your version of the film?" Fuyumi asked.
Rosa answered the Todoroki daughter, "Yeah…in our version from our world, it was basically five Autobots vs seven Decepticons if you include Frenzy & Scorponok, who's called Zarak in this version. But knowing what I know about the Transformers in this context. I imagine there are going to be just as many, maybe more Decepticons this time around for this version of the film. Ten Autobots this time vs…I don't want to know how many Decepticons…"
"If you must know, there are 14 Decepticons in this version of the film you are familiar with…but the power and skill of some of them, that number may as well be double that…" Izanami added, which nearly made the married woman choke on her drink.
"Fourteen Decepticons vs ten Autobots…which the power & skill of some of the Decepticons making it where they would face the equivalent of 28 Decepticons…that really sounds bad…" Izuku said to himself in a quiet voice, writing down how many potential characters will show up…
The green-haired boy ran a quick roll call over who has shown up so far. The only known Autobots were Bumblebee and the leader whose voice was heard in the beginning. But, there was for the Decepticons, Blackout, Zarak, Barricade, & Frenzy. So far, it's not boding well for the heroes of this movie.
"Man, this music rocks as much as The Avengers theme, this one's going to be stuck in my head for a while…" Tetsutetsu said, it felt a little out of place for a film about giant transforming robots from space, and yet it couldn't be a better fit.
As the scene progressed, Bumblebee pushed through a chain link gate, to an area that seemed to be under construction.
"Oh! Is this Griffith Park Observatory?" Momo questioned, but one can tell she seemed giddy, and Izanami confirmed, "Yes…this area is the Griffith Park Observatory, it was under renovative construction during the events of this film, and in realities where the films were being filmed."
Ochako had heard of Griffith Park, regarded as one of the premier observatories in America, and pretty well-known around the world. She remarked with stars in her eyes, "I always wanted to go to Griffith Park and the Mauna Kea Observatories. I've always had a fascination with the stars…"
"Oh, me too Ururaka…" Momo added, "Viewing the night sky at those observatories is so much more valuable than any treasure in the world. Seeing the heavens and wondering what secrets are out there for us to solve. It never gets old…"
Shigaraki huffed as he wondered, "How great is it to watch boring stars?"
All For One replied to his protege, "I wouldn't be so dismissive about stars, Tomura. They are fonts of tremendous power, and we have learned that aliens do in fact exist in our universe, so every one of those stars is a potential threat, or a potential ally to our cause…"
'I wouldn't count on that if I were you…' Izanami thought, 'Most aliens that would invade the Earth in your reality fall under the 'do-not-share-power' spectrum of hostilities. They will see you as a rival, and would sooner kill you than join you…'
Rosa was a little disappointed in the scene, muttering quietly to herself, "So they won't address the odd inconsistency with why Bumblebee took them to Griffith Park, then take them somewhere else…I guess that is to be expected, the more things are different, the more things will be the same…"
Kyoka heard that, and wondered what the married woman was talking about…but her attention was redirected to the movie as the music picked up into the main melody of the song. She could tell due to her ear for music theory, this is the main theme of the movie, aka the song that defines the movie's whole identity…
0:59:00-1:00:01
Everyone got a good look at the meteors, noticing they looked like clumps of twisted metal as the burned from reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. The music made everyone stay quiet and just listen to the crescendoing music.
Once it showed Spike and Mikaela looking up into the sky, Mina noticed how Spike and Mikaela started to hold hands, and couldn't help but smile gleefully.
Everyone chuckled as a muffled boom from the arriving meteors made Spike flinch and briefly pulled himself behind Mikaela in slight fear. In a situation like this, and in a movie, it was usually the other way around with the girl clinging to the boy.
Bakugo let out an amused chuckle as he remarked to Spike's actions, "What a wuss, hiding behind your girlfriend. She has more backbone than you do…"
The nine meteors soared close overhead of the teens and the Autobot, each flying at an angle that was almost horizontal.
Melissa asked, "Is Griffith Park where the Autobots are going to gather, is it their rendezvous point?"
Sean answered this one for Izanami, "No, not for this meeting. That is later, as for why Bumblebee brought Spike and Mikaela, your guess is as good as mine. The only reason I can think of is 'movie logic' and that's all it is…and yes, the film is set in California, close to Los Angeles actually…"
"Bumblebee was playing a bit of a wingman for Spike and wanted the two to see the arrival of his teammates…" Izanagi plainly told with almost no visible emotion.
"What a scamp…" Mina whispered to herself.
The meteors crashed onto the Earth's surface, first one crashed into some hills in California, another in a baseball stadium, and then two by a bunch of teenagers filming something in a building. A quick cut showed more impacts by the arriving Autobots, some quite close to civilian areas, which greatly bothered Aizawa, but before he could criticize the Autobots…
"Hold up, Eraserhead!" Izanami said as two Autobots crashed together by a bunch of young people, "They aren't taking care of where they land because the message sent by Bumblebee was a critical warning alert. The kind where they have to be on the planet asap."
"Why though?" Ochako wondered as it seemed another Autobot landed near a home where a little girl cuddling with a pony plush toy heard the slight thuds and grabbed a bag under her pillow with "My Tooth" on the bag.
Eri and Mahoro said to themselves, "I want that pony plush…"
"Eh, you will have to wait a little longer, just know for now that they are very pressed for time. But for now, just enjoy this scene…" Izanami said, to Aizawa's displeasure, then eventual acceptance.
Rosa was a little surprised when a scene showed that there was a couple (Not Sam/Spike and Mikaela in her version) rushing to the protoform of the Autobot she knew, and she held in high regard.
"Dude, you need to chill…" Kyoka giggled as a large young man with a camera was losing his mind as he rushed to find the meteor that created the explosions he was gushing about.
"I do not see how Armageddon is in any way 'cool' enough to be compared to…" Ibara Shiozaki turned her head to the side in confusion, a sentiment shared by some of the other members of the audience, in response to the young man with the camera saying this was easily a hundred times cooler than Armageddon. It further upset the vine-haired girl that he swore to god regarding his opinion.
"When that boy is saying Armageddon, he means a film titled Armageddon, a film Michael Bay had directed before this film, it starred Bruce Willis if I recall…" Sean clarified, and everyone who was confused went "Oh!" in understanding.
1:00:01-1:00:50
"Yeah, I agree with you, Kyoka. That guy needs to chill. I would not be as excited as him if I were in his shoes…" Kaminari laughed as the "cameraman" exclaimed "fire" at least four times in excitement.
Kyoka had to say with a bit of snark to her classmate, "Knowing you, you would probably trip and short-circuit something and make that dumb face of yours, Jamming Yey…"
Most of Class 1-A and a few in Class 1-B laughed at Kyoka's playful jab at her friend, who looked shocked and embarrassed at the jab.
In the film, the couple walked closer to the meteor, with the man in his late 20s asking his partner what is it, the woman, also in her late 20s, replied she didn't know. They were beginning to walk closer. But then they got scared off when, in another scene with a better look at the meteor itself, it began changing shape. That was when it dawned on the audience that the meteor wasn't carrying a Transformer, it WAS a Transformer.
"Midoriya! Draw that baby!" Mei demanded as she used her inventor's eye to take note of every detail and piece on this new alt-mode of the Transformers.
Rosa chuckled as she said, "In truth, this was Michael Bay's decision. Initially with many continuities, Transformers have vehicles themselves that they pilot in the case of spaceships. But he thought about it a little too hard on the logic of 'robots that moonlight as vehicles needing vehicles themselves' so it led to this. An iconic scene, no doubt, but one that Transformers fans weren't happy with…"
"The Autobots do have a ship within the vicinity of the Solar System, but Bumblebee's message made it where a few of the Autobots had to leave immediately. If they tried to arrive by said ship, it would be too late on Earth. So nine Autobots were sent ahead, with their leader…" Izanami added to the brunette's statement.
The audience understood, but the children didn't really care, it was funny and cool at certain points. Kota looked especially psyched at the Transformers, they looked so cool.
"Wow, I agree with the kid. Hope this guy's got asteroid insurance, he'd be totally screwed if he does not…" Snipe whistled at the destruction the crashing Autobots caused.
"Is there such a thing as asteroid insurance?" Tetsutetsu asked anyone in general.
"There is actually…" Makoto said, with her brother replying, "Wait! There is?!"
Everyone laughed at Tsukauchi as Makoto explained, "Yeah it's true, most homeowners actually have asteroid insurance covered in their insurance plans…"
They soon saw as the scene transitioned back to the Transformer that landed in the grassy area in the California hills. The robot looked back as the couple close by ran away, running off to not be seen by more humans.
"Heh…kinda looks like he's functionally naked without his disguise…" Kosei joked which got most of the guys laughing, but all the girls sighed in disappointment.
"I don't even want to think about a naked giant robot…" Momo uttered to herself quietly, fingers to her forehead.
It cut back to the scene with the group of teenagers with "cameraman" as they began calling the large teenager with a hand camera. Firefighters and police started to show up, right as "Cameraman" spotted something by a massive pile of appliances, a rack of TVs and PC terminals getting knocked over by something.
"The folly that fells many a man, curiosity…" Tokoyami said as quite a few teenage boys tried to lift their line of view as high as possible to see something behind a chain link fence.
"Can you blame them…" Pony replied, "I would be curious myself if I saw something odd…"
"At least the firemen are getting these kids away…" Midnight said, purring like a puma at the men in uniform.
"Yum…there's something about firefighters that's so hot, pun intended…" Pixie Bob purred as well, most of the girls blushed as they silently agreed with the two.
"Maybe I should've gone into firefighting instead of hero work…" Mineta thought to himself, which Izanami thought in response, 'Sorry little perverted monkey…you would not be cut out for that line of work. It's much more demanding, and there are just way too many negatives for you to think it's worth the positives…'
Hearing "Cameraman" ask the firefighters if he could at least have a space rock, Mina giggled as she said, "Honestly, I would like to have a space rock as well. It would be one helluva souvenir to keep…"
"Not to mention you could get quite a few yen for selling it…heard that meteorites are worth a lot of money…" Sato remarked as he had a cupcake stuffed into his face.
"Iridium…that's usually why a lot of meteorites sell for a lot to museums and research institutes. That and they are often a major source of scientific understanding of the Solar System as a whole, and its formation…" Sean added, which made Ochako promise to herself in her mind that if she came across a meteor that wasn't claimed yet by anyone, she will get it and sell it to a museum or research institute.
Soon enough, everyone saw an odd ambulance that looked to have once been a Hummer of some kind, painted red and white, drive away, followed by a silver, light-grey, and black police car that Tsukauchi recognized as a Nissan 350Z…
"Huh, odd that a Japanese police car is in America…" Tsukauchi thought aloud, which his sister punched his arm and saying, "That's what you are focusing on and not the fact these two have that sigil Bumblebee has?! But, I'll give you that, it is weird…"
"Oh! They changed his colors to better match his G1 counterpart, that's cool…but, who's the cop car?" Rosa commented as she saw the two vehicles pull off from the crash site, both having the Autobot insignia displayed proudly on their doors.
Izuku caught what Rosa said about a "G1 counterpart" and could tell instantly she was referring to the Hummer-ambulance vehicle.
Sean replied to his wife, "Hmm…you know, that could be one of the characters who was cut from our version…so that means…"
Rosa's face shifted from surprise to excitement as she said, "…There is only one possibility on who that Nissan is…"
But before Rosa could drop the name, the music took on a much louder crescendo as it showed two Autobots by a Cadillac car shop by the baseball stadium. One Autobot protoform walked over to the car displayed on a rotating base, and it became clear as this being this robot's disguise…
"A Pontiac Solstice? *whistle* This hero robot has good taste in cars, he's earned my approval…" Mr. Compress smiled as he beheld the Solstice, especially seeing more details as the robot scanned it from his point of view.
"I agree with the street magician villain, that is one of the sweetest cars on the market back in those days. Any surviving today in our world is display-only in museums, they can't be driven, but MAN! How badly did I want to drive one in my school years…" Present Mic said, and his thoughts were shared by many of the students and almost all of the teachers.
Aizawa himself silently agreed with his co-worker but found that this Pontiac Solstice's paint job was a bit much. He would've commented on the colors and livery, but their host's assistants beat him to the punch…
"Oh wow, I know for sure who this is supposed to be, even more so than the version I'm familiar with…" Rosa commented, "…the version I'm familiar with had the car be all silver. This version has it in the same paint scheme as a VERY famous race car from the 1980s, and I see bits that tell me that in-universe, this car was painted to homage the famous race car. Which the character transformed into in the original depictions of the character…"
"The racecar was a Porsche, right?" Sean asked his wife, earning quite a few stares from the rest of the audience, "And it was driven for that Martini brand correct?"
"Yeah…but, Izanami is telling me to keep quiet for now before I spoil so much about this guy out of excitement…" Rosa replied after getting a soft glare from said deity host.
1:00:50-1:01:27
After getting a glimpse of how a Transformer scans a vehicle, the scene changed back to the little girl, holding onto her stuffed My Little Pony doll, and a little bag holding her tooth. The girl walked over to her family's pool, with some noticing the home meaning this girl was from a family with quite a bit of money.
"What is this girl looking at?" Setsuna asked, to which Kinoko replied, "Knowing this sequence, it's likely another transformer…"
Sure enough, the camera changed to show a swimming pool. Kyoka noted as a large metal hand crushed the handlebars by the poolside, the music took on a more quiet sequence, made up completely of a chorus singing, it sounded very reflective, like something you would hear in a church or something. The transformer climbed out of the swimming pool, water dripping and falling off its frame, compared to the girl, the robot looked truly gigantic. The girl backed up a bit as the robot pulled a foot out of the pool to climb out of the water. The robot stepped over the little girl, then began walking away from her as she looked at it.
"Excuse me, are you the tooth fairy?" the little girl asked the robot innocently, pulling her pony doll behind her back.
"That's some Tooth Fairy…" Kaminari and Ojiro joked at the same time, making everyone laugh.
"It's a robot from outer space! What kind of tooth fairy looks like that!" Mei responded with disbelief, gesturing at the screen in response to the little girl's question.
"Again, some Tooth Fairy…" Sato replied, earning more laughter from everyone.
"I would honestly wet myself if I was in that girl's place…" Toru remarked, but otherwise finding the scene positively adorable.
The robot looked at the girl, then looked up for a brief moment before looking back down at her, and then saying in a rough voice, "No, I'm not the Tooth Fairy. But, I think she's arriving soon, once you go back to your stasis nap. Don't tell anyone I was here, okay…?"
"Okay…" the girl said with a nod, then turned around, pretending she didn't see a robot climb out of her pool…
"Whoa! He sounds like a badass!" Kaminari remarked once he heard the robot speak.
"Aww…even though he's only been there for a few minutes, he still has her believe in the tooth fairy. That's so cute…" Mina cooed, something told her she was going to like this Transformer, whoever he was.
The scene changed when the girl's parents rushed outside, likely as a consequence of the Transformer crashing into the pool. The father asked what his daughter was doing outside, then exclaimed as he asked what happened to the pool. It made everyone laugh as the guilty party hid behind a couple of tall trees, then tried to quietly slip away, and did so successfully as he scanned a new alt-mode, a 2006 GMC Topkick 4500 pickup truck.
"My father would freak out if this happened to our swimming pool, and demand to know what happened to it…" Momo cringed, she recalled one instance in the past when something similar happened to her father's favorite lounge chair some years back. Both never found out what happened to it.
"I think mine would faint if we had a pool…" Ochako cringed, remembering hearing how expensive building and repairing swimming pools were.
Rosa looked at the scene with curiosity, then said to herself, "Huh, there were a few extra scenes between the girl asking Ironhide, and the girl's parents coming out. It is adorable, also, Ironhide is red and black instead of just black this time…"
Sean asked his wife, "Doesn't that pony doll look like Cheerilee…?"
Rosa looked at her husband, then replied, "Eh, maybe, the scene we've seen had a different pony in the girl's arms, and given what we've learned about our pony friends, that pony is likely some variant of Pinkie Pie…"
1:01:27-1:01:34
The scene changed after the robot transformed into his new vehicle mode and drove off, revealing another robot along a freeway.
"Huh…I wonder who this is supposed to be…?" David asked, as a trailerless semi-truck (a Peterbuilt 379) with a long nose with flame decals drove along the road.
As the truck passed across the camera, it soon showed where the robot was, revealing a perfect copy of the truck that just passed by standing where the robot was.
'Nice to see you again, Optimus sir…' Sean quickly and silently saluted, a sentiment shared by Rosa as both went unnoticed by everyone in the theater.
Izuku noticed the robot that took the long nose truck with flame decals as its vehicle mode, and something told him this guy was a very big deal, especially when he saw their host's assistants looking at the truck with excitement and, he wasn't sure if his eyes were tricking him, forlorn familiarity, like seeing an old friend.
His hunch about the truck Transformer ended up being confirmed as Izanami started to everyone, "In case you are wondering…this guy is the boss of this group of good guy robots…but, I would hold off on sketching the truck for just a bit longer Midoriya…"
1:01:34-1:02:05
Once Bumblebee drove to a secluded, abandoned street (which both members of the married couple noticed wasn't an alley in their familiar version), Spike and Mikaela stepped out as steam from the sewers parted ways as the long-nose flame-decal truck drove through.
The music soon returned to its underlying melody as behind Bumblebee and the two teens, they noticed six more vehicles drive up, the Solstice, the Topkick, the Hummer ambulance, and three more vehicles they'd never seen before; a magenta 2006 Buell Firebolt XB12R motorcycle, a bright metallic-blue 2005 Lotus Elise, and a white-and-blue Ford F-350 tow truck.
"Wow! I already love whoever got that Lotus Elise for a disguise…" Present Mic exclaimed with a whistle.
Midnight continued her co-worker's thoughts, "I agree, that is a beautiful shade of blue they chose for their car mode…"
"It is a very beautiful car, it's almost far too beautiful for me to steal…almost…" Mr. Compress added, twirling a couple of marbles he created from trash around his fingers.
"I have an idea of who the magenta motorcycle and the tow truck are, but the Lotus is completely foreign to me…I don't know who this is supposed to be, I'm both excited and nervous on who it is…" Rosa confessed aloud in her thoughts.
Izanami giggled a little as she asked her friend, "Hang on, you're telling me you don't recognize the color scheme?"
The married couple looked at their friend with confused looks as Sean asked for the both of them, "What is that supposed to mean?"
Izanami snickered as she playfully teased a response, "You'll see…"
The scene refocused on the truck as two more cars appear behind it, the Nissan that was with the ambulance earlier, and a red Corvette Stingray. Sean and Rosa perked up once they saw the stingray, even more so its colors.
"Hot dayam! These Autobots sure know how to pick their vehicle modes, a Corvette Stingray as well?! Sweet!" Present Mic exclaimed once he saw the stylish car.
"Ooo…how I would love to own a Corvette Stingray…" Pixie Bob purred as she beheld her dream pre-quirk car.
'Sideswipe made the cut here too? That's unexpected…' Rosa thought as all the newly arrived vehicles slowed down around Spike, Mikaela, and Bumblebee.
1:02:05-1:02:49
Once the truck stopped, everyone soon beheld the transformation into its robot mode, they could see every detail of its shifting mass, every part separate and connect in a visual treat for the eyes. Hatsume nearly fainted for the first two seconds of the transformation, but her fellow classmates helped her not, so she could not miss a single second of the technological marvel she is bearing witness to.
Seeing the complexity of the truck Transformer's transformation from truck to robot, it practically made Power Loader, Melissa & David Shield, and Mei Hatsume drool at seeing all the parts of the truck lock, disconnect, shift, fold, and such. Even more so when they see the truck take on a more defined, almost superhero-eske physique. The camera panning around the truck robot revealed the other nine Autobots transforming as well, what really stood out from the others was the fact…
"Hold up! Two of those bots are girl-shaped! What's that about?" Kaminari pointed out to the magenta motorcycle, and the metallic-blue Lotus with curves.
Rosa's eyes lit up as she thought, 'Eeeeeeee! Arcee is in this movie! She wasn't cut like in our version, yay! But who's that blue car supposed to be? Maybe…'
"I have to ask, why are there clearly girl-shaped robots?" Sato asked, confused.
"Who cares! There are girl robots! That's so awesome!" Setsuna exclaimed with excitement, a sentiment shared by every female student/teenager, and a few boys.
'Heh-heh-heh…that blue girl robot has some nice curves to her body. She looks like she has a decent rack, a shame they aren't real boobs…' Mineta thought as his gaze was focused squarely on the sky-blue girl robot as she transformed.
Izanami thought as she rolled her eyes at Mineta's clear thought process, 'I wouldn't perv out with this one if I were you, Mineta, even if it's possible…not only is she already spoken for, but her boyfriend would blast you to cinders over you slobbering at his lady like you are…'
The scene turned to face behind Spike and Mikaela as the camera went at a low angle, showing the truck robot in his massive scale. The truck stood in all its 20-or-so-foot glory, and then crouched down to meet the staring Spike and Mikaela. Asking them, Spike more specifically…
1:02:49-1:02:58
"Are you Spike James Witwicky, descendant of Captain Archibald Witwicky?"
"IT'S HIM!" Mina practically screamed as she shot up out of her seat and pointed her finger at the red-and-blue Transformer, "IT'S THE LEADER GUY WE HEARD AT THE BEGINNING!"
"HE LOOKS LIKE A TOTAL BADASS!" Bakugo roared with the widest grin on his face.
"I AGREE, SO MANLY!" Tetsutetsu and Kirishima cried out, giving each other a one-armed hug.
Izuku was staring at the large robot, this was him, the character Rosa said he would like if he liked Captain America. Though the voice sounded numbingly familiar, he could detect a great strength in this Transformer's voice, his voice also carried a weight behind it that was both wise…and somehow sad…
He wasn't sure how much he would like this character, but the leader of the "good-guy robots" has definitely made a very good first impression…
"I would be sh*tting my pants if a big robot guy asked who I was, knowing my name already…" Kaminari confessed, to which Kyoka remarked, "Yeah, that sounds like something you would do, Jamming Yey…"
Every one of the teenagers laughed amidst Kaminari's shocked expression towards Kyoka's words…
1:02:58-1:03:09
"My name is Optimus Prime. We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet, Cybertron." Optimus introduced himself to the two teenagers.
"Optimus…Prime…" All Might said to himself in a contemplative voice, "It rolls off the tongue so easily, it is a fitting name for the leader of these Autobots…"
The screen froze as Present Mic was given the signal to read the newly-introduced Optimus Prime's information…
"You heard him, ladies and gentlemen. This is Optimus Prime, the supreme commander of the entire Autobot faction. He is one of the strongest Autobots, as well as the most kind and gentle out of all of them. He is the champion of freedom in a galaxy wrought with tyranny, who always looks for the best in everyone, even his enemies. Despite his gentle personality, Optimus is no pushover, he is willing to do anything it takes to protect all life in the universe, whether it's destroying his enemies or even sacrificing his own life for the sake of others…" Present Mic said, himself a little surprised to hear about this leader.
Izuku wrote down everything he could about Optimus Prime, he briefly hovered over the name, letting it sink in. He felt something inside him well up with his feelings like he was feeling the emotions of seven more people inside him. They along with Izuku's feelings, felt the name Optimus Prime evoke hope and compassion. Fitting for a robot with the description he has…
"Oh my goodness!" Midnight shivered in her seat, "He may be a robot, but good grief does he have a presence that's so…attractive…"
Pixie Bob shuddered as well, replying, "I'll say! Why does such a hunk have to be made of metal?"
"Did…I hear that right…?" Melissa asked anyone for an answer, "Did Optimus say 'autonomous robotic organisms'? Is he implying what I think he's implying?"
"Your ears did not deceive you, Ms. Shield…" Hatsume said, both in shock and in excitement, "The robots aren't piloted or created by aliens…they ARE the aliens, wholesale…"
"But if you need to call us something, you can call us Autobots for short…" The ambulance added after his leader introduced himself.
"Autobots…" Spike mimed in contemplation, after hearing the word…
"Autobots…" Midnight thought aloud, hearing the name as well, "I see…every one of these good guy robot aliens has an automotive vehicle as an alternate form. Very clever name, I wholeheartedly approve of it, especially as it is a pun…"
"Yeah, Autobot is a very catchy name that rolls off the tongue so well…" Mandalay remarked as her nephew looked positively starstruck at these good guy robots.
Izuku noted the name of this group of 'heroes' the film introduced, he was quite eager to see all of them in action.
Izanami added for everyone's convenience, "FYI guys, the actual name of their race is somewhat the same as their planet's name, they are called Cybertronians. The name Transformers, at least lore-wise, was a name given to them by humans, most continuities don't even call the Transformers, well, Transformers. Autobots and Decepticons are the names of the two warring factions, like Republicans and Democrats to name an example…"
The green cinnamon roll of Class 1-A was quick to write down this information, noting Cybertron and the name of the Transformers' race.
"Hey, wait a minute! I must be crazy because I swear I have heard Optimus' voice before…" Kaminari said.
"As fun, as it would be, no, you're not crazy, I noticed he sounded familiar too…" Kyoka replied, noticing the similarities in his voice to something she heard when she was a child.
Other students and even a few adults agreed as they swear they had heard Optimus Prime's voice long before they saw this film.
Ida decided to ask the question on everyone's mind as he notes that in some realities, this was a movie for entertainment, so that meant there were actors providing voices to the characters. He asked their host, "I beg your pardon, Miss Izanami, but could you please enlighten us on Optimus Prime's voice actor in realities where the film is just a film?"
Izanami looked at Tenya Ida, then replied, "I do know the answer to your question, but I think it would be better if our Transformer super-fan, Rosa Hashimoto, answered it instead…"
Everyone turned to Rosa as she answered the question, "Optimus Prime's voice actor is named Peter Cullen, he's a very prominent Canadian actor in film and television with a fairly distinct voice. He often narrates some documentaries, but his credits include a lot of characters in television. You guys may have heard his handiwork on some pre-quirk era stuff, you all will probably know him best for playing these two roles…"
Everyone did get their memories click at the mention of Peter Cullen being a prominent pre-quirk actor, but they listened to Rosa pointing out his most famous roles…
"Optimus Prime is Cullen's most famous role, but he is credited with equal acclaim for, providing vocals for The Predator from the 1987 film Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger…" Rosa stated to everyone.
"Oh yeah! That freaky thing that rips out people's skulls and spines! The ugly mo-fo that manly Schwarzenegger beat…!" Eijiro Kirishima exclaimed as it clicked in his mind, Mina was excited as well, as she remembered those guys fighting the xenomorphs in a few films.
"Yeah, but he is probably better known for his role in providing the voice of Eeyore in Disney's Winnie the Pooh projects from the pre-quirk era…" Rosa said, and unlike the Predator, everyone immediately recognized Optimus' voice almost instantly, being able to hear Eeyore in the Autobot commander's lines.
"No wonder I felt like I heard his voice before!" Ochako said, memories of watching some of Disney's Winnie the Pooh films and shows in her youth came in waves.
Izanami pulled up a tablet and read from it aloud to everyone, while also showing pictures of some fictional characters, "You may also recognize some of these other roles, he voiced several characters from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Smurfs, Ducktales, and Alvin and the Chipmunks. He was also famously, Monterey Jack from Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Coran and King Alfor in Voltron: Defender of the Universe, and was the first voice for K.I.T.T. from the first episode of Knight Rider…also serving as a narrator for Voltron, and the 2008 documentary, Bizzare Dinosaurs…"
"Holy sh*t! I know some of those!" Awase remarked with surprise.
All For One smiled as he said, "Oh, I did not realize he was K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider, or at least in the first episode. What a pleasant surprise…"
"Fun Fact; Peter Cullen's portrayal of Optimus Prime is based on advice from, and is an impression of his older brother, Captain Larry Cullen, a former marine who fought in the Vietnam War. Peter Cullen is also the original voice of Optimus Prime from the brand's days in the 1980s…and Optimus is also based on a famous person in American history that Izanami says will be saved later..." Sean added.
"Aww…that's so sweet…he based his performance of his most famous role on his big brother…" Mina cooed, she and the rest of the girls in the audience were touched hearing that about Peter Cullen.
"The story regarding that is fairly well-documented, Izanami could probably show you guys it after the movie…" Rosa said as their attention was refocused on the screen as the film resumed…
1:03:09-1:03:24
"What's cracking, little b*tches?" the Pontiac robot said as he sauntered up and did a backflip.
"Must you use that vulgar word? There are minors present…" the Nissan police car asked his comrade in arms.
After the two robots spoke, Optimus introduced them, "My first lieutenant, he goes by the designation of Jazz. And my strategist, Prowl…"
"This looks like a cool place to kick it…" Jazz said as he flipped back to a dilapidated car, and sat on it cross-legged, with a clear blue visor flipping down over his eyes like sunglasses, pulling off a "Gangsta" pose.
"Aww yeah, baby! I love that name! Jazz is my favorite Autobot, hands down! His name is literally the sweetest music genre out there!" Present Mic exclaimed in jubilation, but a prompt from Izanami reminded him that he was given a prompt to read out the character descriptions on his cards.
"Oh, right!" the teacher reminded himself as he scrambled to get Jazz and Prowl's cards, "Meet the second-in-command of this band of freedom fighters, Jazz. This cool kat is a lover of music and a witty soldier who acclimated to Earth very easily. Don't let his cool flow fool you, he's second only to Optimus Prime for a reason. With acrobatic feats, a pulsar repeater, and magnetic grappling hooks, he gets the jump on anyone who underestimates this former racer…"
Present Mic soon switched to Prowl's card and read that once the paused scene highlighted the Nissan robot, "And this is Prowl, a former officer before the war who serves as one of the Autobots' main strategists. He's a very by-the-books planner who ensures the resources of his fellow Autobots are well-spent with little waste. He is driven by logic, hardened after fighting a war for years, and losing friends due to it. He's armed with decades of experience in taking down Decepticons, and his hardened will make him a little off-putting to his allies by his strict adherence to the rules. Despite this, he cares about the Autobots and their code of honor, and prizes them above all else."
"Oh, poor Prowl…" Itsuka said as she heard the police car robot's description, "I guess he has trouble opening up to others if they only end up dead due to the war. But at least he cares about them to such a level."
Aizawa felt a kindred spirit with Prowl, especially his logic-driven approach to combat. And he also connected with Prowl over the fact he had lost friends fighting in the war, memories of Oboro Shirakumo flooded his mind.
"I really like Jazz…" Kyoka remarked, feeling an affinity, even a kindred spirit with the now-known lieutenant of the Autobots.
"Is it because his name implies he's a music lover?" Kaminari teased, to which Kyoka replied, "Sh-shut up, Electric dolt!"
"Can't take what you dish out?" Kaminari egged further, only for Kyoka to stun the blonde boy with a jack to his ear as a response to his egging.
Makoto looked at her brother mischievously as she asked him, "You happy there's a good cop to balance out the bad cop? He sounds like a stickler to the rules like any greenhorn cop…"
Tsukauchi rolled his eyes as he fake laughed, "Hardy-har-har. Laugh it up why don't you? But, being serious Makoto, yeah, I'm happy…"
Rosa added, "This is such a pleasant surprise for me, Prowl was planned to be in our version according to behind-the-scenes information, along with the motorcycle bot, but they were cut from our version. I'm glad both made it in this version…"
"So besides Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, who was in your version of this film Mrs. Hashimoto?" Nezu asked.
"The Pontiac Solstice Jazz, the Topkick, and the Hummer ambulance…that was it…" Sean answered for Rosa.
"So both girl robots got cut from your version of the film? Why?" Setsuna asked.
Rosa answered the 1-B student, "I wouldn't know about the Lotus, she's completely new for us, but the motorcycle was a casualty of the cutting room floor due to the writers overthinking things. Chiefly, the need to explain why robots have gender in the first place…"
"I don't like these Autobot guys and I can admit that sounds stupid…" Shigaraki responded, knowing that annoyance in storytelling about overthinking simple things, and hated them.
Hearing Spike inquire to Optimus about how Jazz learned to talk like he did, made Momo ask the same question, "Wait, how did Jazz learn to talk with that accent?"
Optimus Prime answered for her by saying they learned Earth's languages through the World Wide Web, and that another Autobot helped them download the language banks necessary to speak in their language.
"Oh! That's awesome! It took them a few minutes which takes us humans more than 20 years to learn…I'm officially jealous…" Sero remarked with a chuckle, many of the other students laughing as they agreed.
"It was just the triple-w explanation in our version, so another Autobot helped them out, but given that context, it sounds like the aforementioned Autobot is not present with these ten…" Rosa remarked, looking pleasantly surprised.
1:03:24-1:03:37
Optimus gestured to the black-and-red truck and the Lotus, introducing them, "My weapons specialist, Ironhide, and his partner, our sniper, Chromia…"
"CHROMIA?!" Rosa shouted in surprise, with Sean remarking as he placed a hand on his forehead, "I should've known, so obvious in hindsight. The blue was a dead giveaway…"
"You feeling lucky, punk?" Ironhide quoted the famous line, his arms shifted where two large cannons rested on top of his arms.
"Easy, Ironhide…" Optimus said to the large Autobot, with the blue Lotus Transformer adding in a mature, feminine voice, "Last thing we need is to scare the children…"
Ironhide shrugged as he replied, "Just kidding. I just wanted to show them my cannons…nothing harmful…"
All the girls snickered as Mina said what they all were thinking, "Oh, I get it! He's showing them his cannons, figuratively and literally. That's funny…"
"Oh, he's the robot who that little girl asked if he was the tooth fairy…" Toru pointed out, managing to hold back her laughter.
"I'VE FOUND MY FAVORITE AUTOBOT! HE'S A TOTAL BADASS!" the sounds of Bakugo, Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, Kamikiri, and Twice said in complete unison, earning more laughter from everyone in the theater.
"Ah! A lover of Clint Eastwood…I may have to agree with those five, a shame he's on the hero's side, he would make a fine villain…" AFO commented, as soon as he heard Ironhide quote the legendary actor.
Present Mic chuckled as he got Ironhide and Chromia's cards, then gave the lowdown on these sharpshooters, "Ironhide, the guy you go to looking for advice if you need to blow something up, or punch holes through enemies. This grizzled warrior takes immense pride in his cannons that pack enough wallop to rival entire platoons. He is an old friend of Optimus Prime's and he is a survivor, he doggedly refuses to roll over and die with all the scraps he's been in, and has the scars to prove it. He is also sweethearts with Chromia, the only gal to reign this cow-punk in…"
"Did you say, Sweethearts?!" Mina almost screamed, her shipping senses blaring in overdrive hearing Ironhide was the boyfriend of Chromia, who she correctly assumes was the Lotus.
Mic soon read Chromia's card, "Chromia, the resident sniper of the Autobot ranks, and a tough bot always looking for a fight. She and Ironhide agree on a lot of things, especially how to fight Decepticons. Her sharp eyes and excellent handle of spacing ensure she always hits her mark, like Hawkeye. Chromia and Ironhide are sweethearts forged on the battlefield, talk about a battle couple, huh?"
"Eeeeeeee!" Mina squealed with glee, "Sweethearts that formed on the battlefield! So romantic!"
Most of the other girls had to reluctantly agree the idea does sound romantic...
1:03:37-1:03:45
The camera soon panned to the ambulance and the tow truck as Optimus Prime introduced the two.
"Our medical officer, Ratchet, and his assistant, Longarm…" Optimus said to the two teenagers, as Ratchet sniffed the air with his…nose…?
Present Mic got the prompt and read out Ratchet and Longarm's descriptions on the cards, "Say hello to Ratchet, function: Medical Officer. He's got an edge to him and knew Optimus longer than most in the Autobot ranks. Suffice to say that he's really good at his profession, an expert in the anatomy of a Transformer. He may be the medic of the Autobots, but he is no weak doctor who can't put up a fight…"
He soon read Longarm's card after hearing everyone approve of the military doctor, "This is Longarm, Ratchet's medical assistant/apprentice. A quiet bot of few words, he only speaks when he feels it is necessary. Not much is known about him, but one thing that is known is that he is steadfast to the Autobot cause, willing to lay down his life to save his fellow Autobots…"
"Hmm…Longarm does give me the impression of being a man, or bot in this case, of few words…" Fuyumi commented.
"I can relate to Longarm…" Kojiro Bondo spoke to himself, knowing all about rather remaining quiet and speaking only when necessary.
Reiko Yanagi nodded in agreement with her classmate, as Midnight remarked, "Ooo, a strong silent type who is unflinchingly loyal. I like Longarm, he has my approval in character…"
Even the villains had to give Longarm that, he's certainly a quiet individual as he hasn't said a word yet. He must be as loyal as the description said he is as well, the tow truck Autobot may be a 'hero' in the story, but he certainly has their approval so far.
Ratchet soon spoke up after the second sniff, "Hmm…the boy's pheromone levels suggest he wants to mate with the female…"
What the medic said left everyone speechless in sheer embarrassment, the four children were oblivious to the meaning behind the words spoken.
Izuku felt his face go volcanic, thinking how he would react if he was in Spike's position. He would not handle it well at all, especially as the screen showed Mikaela act a little embarrassed, scratching her head as she and Spike did not make eye contact out of awkwardness, especially at Spike whistling like he pretended not to hear Ratchet.
If he was in that position, next to a beautiful girl he was trying to impress and Ratchet made note of that…
"Just kill me now…" Izuku said in unison with someone else, he noticed and turned to who said it.
He didn't have to look far to see that it was from the person next to him, Ochako Ururaka, who said it. Her face had a red hue to it like his own, and both heroes-in-training swiftly faced away from each other once they realized who said the same thing as themselves.
'Come on Ochako! Don't get embarrassed over something like that! Izuku will start getting the wrong idea and make things awkward, like after the Final Exams…' Ochako thought, trying even harder to bury these feelings she has. She really didn't want to admit to anyone, even herself, that the person she imagined this scene with was Izuku Midoriya.
She was unaware that Izuku was thinking the same thing as she was, he didn't want her to get the wrong idea with him about her.
Sean, Rosa, and Izanami noticed the interaction and smiled sweetly (in Rosa & Sean's case) or mischievously (in Izanami's case), Izanagi still had that frustratingly perfect poker face.
~"Honestly, I get some people have problems with these two being a thing, but they can't deny some of their reactions even in a platonic sense make it hard not to want them to be an item some of the time…"~ Sean remarked telepathically.
Rosa replied, ~"Yeah, I guess their chemistry makes it natural, and Izuku has no idea how big of an influence he has on his friend/potential lover…"~
~"Don't any of you get any ideas about forcing them into situations. Any attempts will likely destroy their friendship with each other, and Midoriya's bond with Ururaka is crucial to his overall growth…"~ Izanagi stated to the three sternly.
Izanami replied with a slight whine, ~"Don't worry, we won't. As tempting as it is, I know a knife's edge when I see it, one they have to navigate alone. And as tempting as it is to give them the push they need to sort it out, I'll restrain myself from warping them to a room with no doors or windows buck naked and not let them out until they could be honest with themselves…"~
~"You're still as crazy about shipping people now as you were then!"~ Rosa and Sean exclaimed mentally, not exactly pleased about Izanami's plan to get Izuku and Ochako, and worried about what else she would come up with based on their experiences when they were mortals.
1:03:45-1:04:01
"You already know your guardian, Bumblebee…" Optimus said, "But, last and not least, these are our soldiers, Arcee and Sideswipe…"
"You're Bumblebee, right?" Spike asked the yellow Autobot as he did a sort of boxing dance of sorts.
"*plays popping music*…Check on the rep, Yep, second to none…"* Bumblebee responded as he did a little boxing dance.
Spike responded to the news by saying to Bumblebee, "So, you're my guardian, huh?" to which the yellow Autobot nodded yes in response.
"Nice to meet you two…" Arcee said, with Sideswipe adding, "As long as we're around, you got nothing to worry about as far as any Decepti-bums are concerned."
"Oh, I know I am going to like Sideswipe…" Bakugo grinned, "I get the feeling he doesn't give sh*t to rules and does what needs to be done…"
The screen paused as Present Mic knew it was time to read out Arcee and Sideswipe's cards, thinking, 'Man, there's a lot of cards I had to read this time around…'
Soon enough, he read Arcee's card first, as the paused screen showed the motorcycle Autobot in color while the rest was black and white, "Here is Arcee, former scientist and skillfully acrobatic warrior fighting for the Autobots. Calling her a swiss-army-knife soldier is a slight understatement to this ass-kicking woman's skills on the battlefield. Armed with blasters, energon blades, and speed, she's one of the swiftest in the Autobot ranks, if you faced Acree, chances are high that you would already be dead before the battle begins. What?!"
Every girl in the theater cheered as Mina summed up their collective thoughts, "I found my favorite Autobot! Sorry Bumblebee, you are still a favorite of mine, but Arcee is my new top favorite Autobot!"
"Now that's girl power! Let's teach those Decepti-creeps a lesson!" Pony exclaimed, which prompted Rosa to snort as she stifled a laugh.
Everyone turned to the snickering woman as she replied, "Sorry, it's just…you said something that plenty of Autobots called the Decepticons in their earliest depictions…"
Present Mic then read Sideswipe's card, "And last but not least, here is the street savvy Sideswipe. This quick-footed soldier shoots first and asks questions later, given that he regularly fights dirty against the Decepticons, most over cheap shots. Sideswipe's tactics are merciless and is utterly unapologetic about it, preferring melee combat despite his proficiency with guns. His personal motto is that he 'doesn't bend rules' he 'breaks them' to stop the Decepticons…"
"A rule-breaker and a loose cannon…not a great combination…" Aizawa sighed, he knew this Autobot would be the most problematic out of all of them, a sentiment shared with Tsukauchi.
"Ouch! That's a blow to my pride as a gunslinger…" Snipe remarked hearing Sideswipe prefers melee combat over using guns, which the Autobot is really good with.
Bakugo's favorite Autobot was still Ironhide, but after hearing Sideswipe's description, he found this Autobot's lifestyle more to his liking. Not bogged down by rules in order to get the job done, he thinks he would get along well with Sideswipe.
"Fighting dirty and is ruthless to his enemies, despite being on the side of heroes?" All For One smirked as his question started to make everyone squirm he then commented, "Are you sure he is not a Decepticon in disguise, because he sounds like a certain pro hero I know…"
All Might knew his nemesis was talking about him, in an effort to further tarnish his image as the Symbol of Peace. Before he could reply, however, Rosa replied to the villain…
"I assure you Sideswipe is an Autobot, through and through. He may be a dirty fighter, but he's a soldier loyal to the Autobot cause, and willing to heed Optimus' orders. His brother often keeps him in line…"
"Wait! Sideswipe has a brother?!" Mina exclaimed in surprise, this was the first she heard of robots having siblings.
"Twin brother, but I'll keep him a secret for now, something tells me you will see him soon…" Rosa replied to the pink girl.
Hearing Ratchet's remark that Bumblebee's vocal processors were damaged in battle, made everyone recall hearing how Bumblebee lost his voice to a Decepticon because he refused to give up the location of his fellow Autobots. The medic fired a laser at Bumblebee's throat, making the yellow Autobot cough as little holographic charts appeared from the laser and Ratchet said he was still working on them as he tapped the charts like a touchscreen.
"He must know his stuff and work hard on his duty…" Recovery Girl remarked, pleased to see two healthcare professionals in this film (although she will admit only one of them was a full-fledged medical professional).
"Do they mean mechanics? Why would these robots need medical officers if their entire race is robotic?" Ida asked, which soon clicked in the minds of several others thinking about the Transformers themselves.
Izuku answered his friend with realization in his voice, "Because…they aren't robots at all…they're alive. Living beings that happen to be robotic…"
"You would be correct Midoriya…" Nezu congratulated the ninth inheritor, "After hearing what Optimus Prime said, and other pieces of evidence so far, I've drawn a similar conclusion myself…"
Everyone was quite shocked to hear that, but they didn't have time to dwell on it as the music started up and the camera focused on Mikaela looking up to Optimus.
1:04:01-1:04:15
Hearing Mikaela ask Optimus Prime why the Autobots were here on Earth, made everyone focus on that question, especially as they have some idea what they were on Earth for.
"We could only guess what they are here for based on the information we have thus far," Nezu said after taking a sip of tea, "My guess is that they are after the Cube we saw at the beginning, and are seeking to find it before the Decepticons do for whatever purpose they intend to use an artifact that created them based on the opening narration…"
Aizawa remarked, "Regardless of the fact they are fighting a war, the Autobots have been needlessly careless about any property damage their fighting caused and the rest of the Autobots landing on the Earth in such a manner put many innocent lives in danger."
Izanagi responded to Aizawa, "It doesn't get shown or mentioned in either version of the movie, but the Autobots are at a severe disadvantage compared to the Decepticons. Bumblebee is not the only Autobot on Earth, but he was the only one in America. Most of the aforementioned 28 Decepticons are in America as well, and the truth is that if the Autobots don't look for the Allspark as soon as possible, and deal with the immediate Decepticons in the vicinity, they will have to contend with as many as 70 Decepticons which in terms of firepower and skill, the ten Autobots present may as well be facing a force of 5,000 strong. And entire cities will be turned into barren battlefields where millions of innocent civilians will die. They are effectively on borrowed time as the Decepticons have already narrowed down where the Allspark is located, and have zeroed in on America likely knowing its exact location, and the location of the Decepticons' leader…"
"Wait! Their leader?" Itsuka spoke in surprise, but Izuku said as he connected the dots almost as quickly as Nezu did, "Archibald Witwicky…the 'Giant Ice Man' he found, it was a Transformer, but not just any Transformer…"
Shoto finished Izuku's thoughts after he heard them, "…the Transformer is the leader of the Decepticons, the entire evil Transformer faction…"
Nezu added his two cents in, "And, based on all that information, I am correct in guessing that both the Allspark, and the Decepticon leader are within the same location…?"
Izanami tapped her nose as she confirmed, "You are correct, Nezu. They are on borrowed time, and it's quickly running out as the Decepticon leader is imprisoned, but not for long if the Autobots don't find the Allspark first. And he's not someone you want to get his hands on an artifact like the Allspark…"
"We are here looking for the Allspark, and we must find it before Megatron does…" Optimus answered Mikaela's question.
"Mega-what?" Kaminari, Kyoka, Itsuka, Setsuna, Awase, Yaoyorozu, Ururaka, Ashido, Bakugo, Sero, Compress, Toga, Shiozaki, Monoma, Tsukauchi, Makoto, the Todoroki siblings, Shigaraki, and All Might asked in unison at the same time as Spike.
"So this Cube we saw at the beginning and the Allspark the Autobots and Decepticons were mentioning are indeed the same thing, and it seems that this Megatron is the leader of the Decepticons…" Nezu said as he sipped his tea.
1:04:15-1:04:52
Optimus placed two fingers on his right temple as his eyes lit up, a holographic beam pointed in the direction he was looking, and in a visual treat of the eyes, the hologram made the ground crack and show a molten bottom of the crevices.
With a flicker of the holographic projection, a metal spire shot out and up from one of the cracks, and Optimus soon explained to Spike and Mikaela about Cybertron, and in turn, Megatron…
"Our planet was once a powerful empire that had its place in the galaxy, peaceful and just for many millennia. Keeping the peace for many other civilizations in the universe until we were betrayed by Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. He grew resentful of our society and started a war, where all who defied them were destroyed. After millennia, our war finally consumed the planet, and the Allspark was lost to the stars, dooming our world to a slow death…" Optimus said as the scene showed a city on Cybertron, war-torn and destroyed as bodies of slain Cybertronians littered the surface, and hung from the ruined buildings. The sound of distant battles echoed some distance away, a few explosions hit the desolate area.
The heroes and heroes-in-training gasped eyes wide with horror. This was their first glimpse of the homeworld of the Transformers, and seeing the state of the planet as a consequence of their war left such an impression on them. Mei Hatsume practically wailed in sadness as she saw so many Transformers dead, some of them seemed to have met some very violent ends, small Transformers to ones that look like true giants, all dead, and the glowing blue liquid dripping over some of the openings on the robotic corpses definitely told them what it was supposed to imply…
"How horrible…" Itsuka said, she could easily see that this city was once quite beautiful, but you wouldn't know it from the ruins that are present.
Rosa was taken aback, as she remarked quite shocked herself, "Okay, this was much more haunting than our version by a landslide…I…I don't have anything else to comment over it…"
Izuku could feel his stomach churn and twist in horrible knots as he saw the ruined buildings, and the deceased Transformers littered about. This was the consequence of war, as much as he didn't want it to be true…
The sequence soon showed a Transformer still alive, wounded, and limping, stumbling away likely to get help. Soon enough, a hand that looked like a mix between a monster, alien, and humanoid hand was holding onto a gnarly-looking spear, and the back of a truly imposing Transformer appeared in the foreground. He soon threw the spear like a javelin and it punched straight through the chest of the wounded Transformer, killing it instantly, to the horror and sadness of most of the audience.
The figure roared in triumph as the camera showed the murderer, and suffice to say, everyone did not like this guy, as Optimus continued his story…
"When the Allspark was jettisoned into the vast reaches of space, Megatron followed it to Earth, where Captain Witwicky found him…"
Everyone's blood froze once they got their first look at the monstrous leader of the Decepticons, the girls most especially squirmed as he looked menacing.
"That is Megatron…" Izanagi stated bluntly with his unchanging poker face.
"Eeeek! And I thought Blackout, Zarak, and Barricade were creepy. Megatron is so much more unsettling to look at…" Mina squeaked in fright, hiding behind Kirishima for protection.
Rosa and Sean noticed the design of the leader of the Decepticons compared to the vanilla version of the same film they remembered. Rosa noted to herself aloud…
"Yeash! And I thought the original Bayverse Megatron looked monstrous and imposing. This version's design reminds me more of the Rise of the Beasts CGI renders in some of the toy packagings. He looks like if the vanilla Megatron of the film looked more like the original G1 Megatron, in fact, this looks more like his Transformers: Prime, incarnation…"
"Much like the Megatron we crossed paths and clashed blades with when we were living as mortals…" Sean added with a slight bit of anger in his voice.
This statement by the young-looking man caught Kyoka's attention, she thought in her mind, 'Wait, they actually confronted this monster?! How?! And why?! And, paths and blades?! As in plural? Have they fought before multiple times?!'
Lots of questions were racing through her head, she looked at Midoriya and noticed he was writing stuff down as he occasionally looked at the couple with timid curiosity. The music lover realized he picked up on what Sean said as well, and likely those things Rosa said about "Prime" and "Rise of the Beasts", wondering what those are. Future films they will see, perhaps?
"So Captain Witwicky's 'Giant Ice Man' was, in fact, this Megatron the two were warned about…" Nezu mused, he could already tell that Megatron must be a credible threat if he was the leader of the Decepticons.
"Megatron…" Midnight shuddered in fear, "A very villainous name, and he looks villainous himself…"
1:04:52-1:06:19
They soon see a flashback of Captain Witwicky's Arctic expedition, with Optimus explaining that details were fuzzy, but he was certain that Archibald's discovery of Megatron was an accident, that ultimately intertwined the fates of the Transformers and humans.
"Huh…so it's played more like the Autobots don't have as much information in this version than in ours, where it seemed he knew everything…I welcome this change…" Rosa commented, once the sled dogs, Huskies according to Momo and Koji started to freak out as they dug into the snow and ice.
Soon enough, the ice beneath the men and dogs began to crack and cave in. Thirteen noticed and remarked, "My word, those dogs seemed to have found a hidden sinkhole in the ice, and in the Arctic back in those days, falling into one is practically a death sentence."
Captain Witwicky was in the center of the collapsing ice, as it gave way under his weight, and he fell through into a tunnel of ice and fell into a cavern. Archibald's men called for their captain, asking if he was alright, which he confirmed to the relief of the heroes and the teens and kids.
"Oh thank god he's alright," Mina said with her hands over her rapidly beating heart, with Tsuyu added with a shudder to the cold air, "R-ribbit, it is a relief that Archibald and the Husky that fell with him survived."
That relief soon became dread as the cavern revealed the frozen form of the Decepticon leader, with Archibald standing in the monstrous Transformer's hand…
"We are not sure how it happened, but from what we gather, Megatron had crash-landed, before he could retrieve the Allspark…" Optimus said, with Prowl adding, "His life signal went dark in Decepticon mainframes keeping track of his health, many believed he perished chasing after the Allspark. But Optimus is certain along with several Decepticons that Megatron survived…"
"Well, sh*t!" Kaminari muttered.
"So the Autobots don't have a clear enough picture of what had transpired, which we are being shown through this flashback." Cementoss commented, growing more unsettled the longer he looked at Megatron.
Izuku tried to recall what other bits of information about this were given, and then, looking back at Archibald's notes he scribbled down, he realized something.
The ninth holder of One for All said, "Hold on…if Megatron was the giant iceman Archibald Witwicky found, based on what Spike said about him close to the beginning, that leaves a question that needs answering…"
Shoto recalled the other tidbits of information and asked the question Izuku was going to ask before him, "If Megatron was who Archibald found, how did he end up blind, and drawing the symbols of the Transformers' written language in the psychiatric ward?"
"Oh no…" Momo gasped, "You don't think…"
Neito Monoma replied, "It looks like we are going to find out right now, how Archibald saw the language of Cybertron…"
"Men! We have made a discovery!" Archibald shouted up to his crew while not taking his eyes off of Megatron.
"Our data tracker noticed the flecks of our language imprinted on Archibald's glasses, we have no clue how it happened, but it is likely that somehow, he accidentally activated the tracking system within Megatron's databanks, imprinting the coordinates to the Allspark's location Megatron pursued after on his glasses…" Optimus explained, as the scene showed Archibald touching one of the joints on Megatron's fingers a small spark made his hand jerk back on reflex.
There was an alien whisper echoing in the icy cavern, as Archibald turned slowly around to face Megatron, looking at him directly eye-to-eye. Megatron's eyes flared up momentarily and flashed red as a similar-looking beam of light shot from his eyes in a blinding flash. It quickly showed the result of the action as Archibald cried out in pain and collapsed onto Megatron's still frozen hand, reeling in agony as he covered his face.
All the pro heroes and hero students gasped in fear and worry, Eri clung to Nejire as the periwinkle-haired senior student held onto Eri protectively, trying to soothe her after seeing what happened to the older bearded man. Even the villains were somewhat worried as for a brief moment, they swore they saw Megatron, glare at Archibald directly. They never had any reason to hate Archibald unlike most of the 'heroes' they've seen so far, he was an ordinary man who was just trying to help understand the world. They then recalled what his own great-grandson revealed about his fate; Archibald did survive, but he ended up going blind and was labeled crazy by society. He was a victim, and even worse, he was a victim of the times, it was likely that no one believed him when he said he found a giant iceman, not even his own family. They felt such overwhelming pity for the explorer, that they all willfully lowered their heads out of sympathy, vowing that the society they will change will not allow such a thing to happen to anyone.
Izuku ended up updating Archibald's fate, but he started to tear up over how it was just a coincidence that ended up ruining the reputation of a man who fearlessly explored the unexplored corners of the world, wishing that, despite his ultimate fate, Archibald was remembered for his contributions to science.
"Poor Captain Archie…" Twice whined sadly, "He was in the wrong place at the wrong time…"
The camera then focused on Archibald's glasses, showing all the cracks and pits in the lenses in a close-up revealing string of Cybertronian glyphs, even as the pleas of Archibald's crew echoed if he was alright. It then clicked for the analytical audience members, on why the glasses were so important, they literally are a treasure map, to the Allspark, the cube that could be used to rebuild Cybertron from its barren, lifeless state.
"How funny that sometimes, the most mundane things imaginable, could hold the key to the survival of an entire planet…" Tokoyami commented, with Dark Shadow adding, "Gives another layer to the phrase; don't judge a book by its cover…"
"Hey, how did you know about his glasses?" Spike suddenly asked, with Optimus blinking once as he replied with a simple answer, "eBay…"
Everyone needed that laugh after how Archibald ended up in a psyche-ward was revealed. And after that heavy scene, somehow the small bit of humor seemed funnier than it should've been.
"I mean, he's not wrong, that's how the bad copper robot and the little psycho robot found him…" Awase remarked with a shrug and a smile that showed that he tried not to laugh.
1:06:19-1:06:44
Spike was not surprised about Optimus' answer, as pointed out by the welding-class-1-B student. But soon after Spike mimed an "of course" tone of Optimus Prime's answer to his question, Ratchet soon explained the stakes at play with the Allspark…
"During our arrival here to Earth, one of our deep-cover spies informed us that most of Earth's machines had some source of Cybertronian make. Blueprints imprinted into the circuitry that informed us on what Megatron has recently concocted, despite still being missing and not knowing how he did it." Ratchet informed, with Prowl finishing for the medic, "If the Decepticons or Megatron himself find the Allspark, he will use the Allspark's power to infuse life into Earth's machines, to build a new conquering army to overthrow all the free people of the universe…life with no free will of their own, slaves to Megatron's will…"
That sent an icy chill up everyone's spine, Mina responded with a very worried tone, "Did…did I hear that right? I must be imagining things, right?"
Hawks realized the implications of this, and said in a serious tone, "The Allspark Cube thing must be destroyed…"
"Huh?! But what about their sh-ome? Don't they need the Allspark to rebuild Cybertron?" Kinoko asked, confused about what Hawks said.
All For One clarified, so they could understand the severity and squirm about it, "Don't you understand, little girl? The world even back then was just as technology-dependent as our present day, and somehow, Megatron has found a way to make it were every piece of machinery in the world could be brought to life by using the Cube's power, and under his will to control them all. How dangerous do you think this plan would be if it happened in our world? Even I am terrified by the implications of the Decepticons' plans that I am actually jealous of them."
That really sunk in the heroes-in-training, their minds racing to comprehend the real stakes of what Ratchet and Prowl had revealed.
"All of Earth's machines…" Ida said as nervous sweat began to form on his brow.
"Everything…" Shoto thought aloud, his eyes soon began to panic.
"Cars, microchips, rockets, computers, cell phones…" Momo looked ready to puke as she listed all the machinery that had circuits.
"All waiting for the Allspark baby to bring them to life under Megatron's control…" Mei wasn't smiling about this, knowing that everything included her inventions, her babies, them becoming Transformers under the control of an evil Transformer.
"If that happens in our world…it wouldn't be a battle, it would be the extinction of humanity…" Izuku shuddered, he imagined Megatron's plan clearly in his mind, happening in their home.
All Might was shaking, he was beyond terrified at the scale of this realization, it was so much worse than he thought, "All For One's plans may as well be minor burglaries in comparison…"
The Symbol of Evil heard that and remarked, "I heard that All Might, and I will be fair and agree with you. I did say I was jealous of Megatron's plan, after all…"
"The Allspark must be destroyed, even if it means they cannot rebuild their homeworld…" Aizawa said with a hint of fear, and determination, he figured out the real ramifications and frankly, he'd take a potential nuclear war over this, "…it is what has to be done, and I have a feeling Optimus knows it's the only choice as well…"
Izuku knew Aizawa was right, as much as he wishes the Autobots could rebuild Cybertron so it can be filled with life again, he knew that it was simply too dangerous in the wrong hands.
Optimus Prime's words soon confirmed their worries…
"And the human race will be extinguished as Megatron will test his new army on them for the rest of his conquest and thirst for power. Spike Witwicky, you hold the key to Earth's survival, and the hope that we can use the Allspark to restore Cybertron. Please, help us in our dire time of need…" Optimus pleaded as the other nine Autobots surrounded the two teens, though serious, all of them had a glimmer of hope in their eyes.
Rosa was completely silent, out of sheer reverence over how this version compared to the one she grew up with. Her husband noticed and asked, "Honey, are you okay?"
She registered what Sean said, and responded, "Y-yeah, it's just, quite a bit to take in, this version compared to ours…"
Izuku didn't notice the couple as he remarked, "There's so much hope in all of their eyes. Even though they may as well be Titans on Earth, they are looking to a human, not much older than us, for help…if I was there, I would help them in a heartbeat, for their home, and all the lives their war lost…"
Izanami was quiet for a good little while, especially as some of the other heroes-in-training, Melissa and her father, and Mei, all agreed with Izuku's remark.
Aizawa replied, "The Cube must be destroyed to keep it out of the wrong hands…but if they are still hoping to rebuild Cybertron with it, then they better have a good plan to keep it out of Megatron's hands…as you said, problem-child, for their home, and all the lives lost in the war…"
Kyoka noticed the tone in Optimus' voice, while it did sound like someone who is humble and in need of help, she could detect in his tone, the faintest hint of…remorse…? What would Optimus need to be remorseful over? Maybe because he's in a war, he was responsible for taking the lives of his enemies, maybe leading some of his troops to their deaths? There were too many things it could be, but it seemed too important to ignore…
She walked over to Izuku as quietly and respectfully as possible, and said, "Hey, Midoriya, a quick word…?"
"Sh-sure thing Jiro…what is it?" Izuku asked, with Ururaka looking at the pink rocker with slight suspicion as she gestured to Izuku to lean in closer so she could whisper something to his ear.
Izuku did lean closer so Kyoka could whisper into his ear, Ochako leaned closer to Izuku and overheard some of what Kyoka wanted to tell her best friend. Kyoka explained this thing about Optimus Prime's tone and an underlying tone of regret in his words and asked Izuku to keep note of it for her, feeling it is very important to Optimus' character. Izuku soon began taking notes on all the theories he came up with once he soon became aware of the remorse hidden in Optimus' tone as he spoke, and was kicking himself slightly for not noticing it like Jiro. Ochako apologized to Izuku for eavesdropping on the little conversation as she soon tried to help Izuku, and in turn, Kyoka find out, what was Optimus regretful over…
Once Mikaela begged Spike if he still had his great-grandfather's glasses, everyone was hoping for the same thing.
"Oh man, I hope no one on eBay decided to buy the glasses now when Spike and the Autobots really need them…" Kirishima remarked as nervous sweat began dripping off his forehead.
Mina replied with a nervous laugh, "That would totally suck! I would try and track down whoever bought those glasses if they were mine, and refund their purchase if the entire world's fate hinged on them…"
1:06:44-1:06:51
"Whoa! What's with the plane?" Hiryu asked as the scene shifted to a military plane mid-flight, with text near the bottom noting it was somewhere over the Atlantic.
"Looks like we are seeing Lennox's crew after their battle with Zarak…" Tiger remarked with crossed arms.
"Self-regenerating molecular armor?!" all the more technically-minded and inventive audience members replied at what the man said about Zarak's severed tail.
"My, that is very impressive! How I wish to have such armor…" AFO remarked, he's actually heard of something like this before in the comic books he read, still didn't make it any less impressive.
1:06:51-1:07:02
"*whistle*! You weren't kidding about those sabot rounds Snipe…" Cementoss remarked with surprise.
"Extreme heat…" Izuku and Shoto said in unison, with Izuku adding as he wrote it down, "So the metal that makes up a Transformer is weak against extreme heat, but considering the ammunition used, it seems temperatures no less than 6,000 degrees is required to melt through."
"Not just extreme heat…" Izanami added in a playful tone, "…extreme cold works just as well. And yes, the temperatures needed to reach the necessary extremes is possible, but extremely taxing on any fire or ice quirks in your world. Suffice it to say that out of everyone in this room, very few of you could actually take on the average Transformer…"
Izuku mumbled up a storm as he added to the fact that extreme cold is also as effective on Transformers as extreme heat. He thinks the only things that might be consistently effective against Transformer metal would be plasma cutters and liquid nitrogen.
"All because of that stupid scorpion's mistake, the Transformers are looking less and less impressive the further along we go…" Shigaraki growled as he scratched his neck in irritation, he hoped that Zarak was killed for his blunder.
Everyone let out somewhat impressive whistles in response to Epps confirming the sabot rounds were close to the 6,000-degree temperature Lennox guessed, adding it melts tank armor.
Bakugo wanted to boast that his explosions could do the work, but he realized that his explosions may pack the power necessary, but not so much the temperature. He reminded himself to look into how hot his explosions from his quirk run. Maybe even, as a desperate last resort, look into asking Deku for help, as much as he wants to vomit for considering that an option…
1:07:02-1:07:18
Everyone got a jumpscare as Zarak's severed tail suddenly sprung to life and tried to stab Epps, narrowly missing its mark.
"Zarak is not dead, he fled after you pelted him with 6,000-degree bullets, his tail was discarded after it loosely hung on by a few chords…" Pony replied after Epps remarked about the tail was supposed to be dead.
Setsuna replied, "It must be like a lizard's tail, still moving about even if it was detached from the body…"
Momo noticed the scene and played it out in her mind on repeat, she spotted an easily missable detail, "No, I think the forensic specialists examining Zarak's tail did something to trigger it. There was a brief flash of light near the severed end, then the tail curled up and moved to attack them."
"I am glad I am not the only one who noticed…" Nezu said with a hint of satisfaction.
"I'll say it's wicked Captain Lennox." Spinner commented, "It would make an effective weapon to stab something or someone with, as demonstrated earlier with poor Donnelly…"
Once Lennox gave the order to call Northern Command about the effective weapon against Transformers was high-heat sabot rounds, the heroes and younger trainees smiled as the military won't be helpless anymore against the Decepticons when they attack again.
"Northern Command? What's that?" Kaminari asked, with Nirengeki Shoda joining the electrification user's question, "Shouldn't they be calling the Pentagon?"
David clarified the questions some were asking, "Northern Command is part of the United States' Department of Defense, one of eleven sectors in the chain of command. They are often the interceptors if the United States ever gets invaded during a war. Technically, Northern Command is higher up than the Pentagon, as they can coordinate and relay information in military matters."
"It was founded after the September 11 attacks by the President in this film's timeline, George W. Bush, they also provide military assistance to non-military associates regarding consequence management operations as ordered either by the president himself, or the Secretary of Defense. Their primary mission other than that is to conduct operations to defeat, deter, and prevent any threats and aggression aimed at the United States and its territories and interests…" Makoto added, once reading up on such things for a story she covered a long while ago.
"Generally, not someone who you want to be on their radar…" Izanami pointed out.
1:07:18-1:07:47
"A plate of donuts?" Pony asked curiously, "What are they there for…?"
Soon enough, a hand reached and grabbed a chocolate donut, with a quick cut showing two familiar characters.
"Oh, we're back to the antics of Maggie and Glen…" Setsuna grinned widely as Glen are donut after donut on the plate, "We're about to get some much-needed comedy…"
"Is that true?" Toru asked in response to Glen's response in regards of the plate of donuts testing your guilt.
Tsukauchi replied to the invisible girl's question, "No…not in Japan, and definitely not in the US, especially in the FBI…"
"It is a common enough misconception to think that…" Makoto added, "…the truth is those donuts were likely for the interrogators, not for Glen or Maggie. The only time the interrogated party is handed food by the investigators is when they want to make a deal with you, usually because you have something they want, information…"
1:07:47-1:08:00
Soon enough, the interrogators walked through the door, one of them noticed the plate and glared at Glen as he tossed a piece on the table onto the plate and moved it away, Glen smugly nodding in satisfaction, unaware his logic was flawed as Tsukauchi and Makoto pointed out.
"Why do I feel like something stupid but hilarious is going to happen…" Present Mic commented, but everyone was silent throughout the quick, but tense scene.
1:08:00-1:08:29
Once the other FBI agent closed the folder and had it loudly land on the table with an audible slap, Glen reacted quickly as he threw Maggie under the bus by pointing out that she did it.
"Some loyalty to your friend, so not manly…" Kirishima remarked, disappointed in Glen, sure, but he couldn't help but chuckle at Glen's almost cartoonish reaction.
"It didn't take long for him to squeal like a pig…" Kurogiri sighed and commented.
"I would kill him if he was in the League…" Shigaraki said, but you could tell he was trying very hard not to laugh.
Everyone soon laughed as Glen continued to assert his innocence, and teeling Maggie he's not going to jail for anyone, his reaction being somewhat cartoonish didn't help matters.
"Why did he feel it necessary to point out he's a virgin?" Momo sighed as she stopped laughing and was just disappointed with the hacker.
"Likely to further his innocence from the crime he and Maggie had technically committed…not like that would do any good…" Kyoka sighed, she didn't need to know that bit about Glen.
Once Glen was forced back onto his seat and clarified at least a minor crime he did commit, everyone soon raised their eyebrows at that.
"Downloaded a couple thousand songs off the Internet? Is that even a crime?" Mina asked, recalling several services that offered free downloads of some public domain songs.
"Technically at this time, the answer is both yes and no…" Sean answered, "It's very situational and largely dependent on the song being downloaded, something a little too complicated to get into here…"
"These days, such acts are a little more restrictive, and liable to severe, but manageable fines…" Tsukauchi commented, recalling a few arrests he had to make over a hacker or two downloading copyrighted and trademarked songs for free.
Hearing Glen's response to Maggie telling him to shut up ended up getting everyone laughing their butts off.
"Heh-heh-heh…still funny as hell, even years afterward…" Rosa giggled, leaning her head onto her husband's shoulders.
"Technically, Madsen is a criminal by making a copy of the network intrusion signal in the Pentagon during a national security breach…though she did it to prevent a war from starting, she did break the law…" Vlad King crossed his arms, he found the situation tricky in a moral sense.
"Sometimes, one has to commit a crime to stop a bigger crime. Most law enforcement agencies understand this on some level, where a person committed a punishable crime, but gets a reprieve if their action resulted in a bigger crime not coming to pass…correct…?" Izanagi said in a deathly calm voice.
Tsukauchi confessed, "Not always, but yes, there have been cases where we release a criminal with a warning because their crime resulted in the police stopping a bigger crime. But generally speaking, we try to discourage such acts but recognize those that do put an end to things like drug cartels, or a serial killer being caught."
1:08:29-1:08:49
"Some sugar rush…I don't think he'll have a pleasant aftermath eating a dozen donuts at once…" Sato remarked as he held up a donut himself, then ate it.
"At least Maggie is taking the full blame for the crime she committed, at most, Glen was an accomplice to her crime, even if it was for good intentions…" Vlad King remarked he had to agree with his student Tetsutetsu, Maggie was being really manly for taking the blame.
Hearing Maggie plead with the FBI agents to listen to her, and told them what she and Glen discovered, made them somewhat worried on how the government might handle this.
"The government won't listen to her, she's a criminal for copying that signal…" Dabi commented, but he was swiftly caught off guard by Izanami saying…
"Oh, I wouldn't believe that line of thought if I were you, Dabi…" the pink-haired deity clarified as the interrogators wordlessly listened to Maggie, "…You forget that the signal was tied to two separate attacks, one at a military air base in a warzone, the other in close proximity to the leader of the country. Any information about who attacked the United States defense network, they will take VERY seriously, Maggie and Glen did uncover further information regarding that signal, and the FBI figured enough about it to reach that conclusion. So any information they can get is helpful, regardless of how far it takes them. They will follow up on Sector Seven, and the connection to Witwicky, make no mistake about that…"
"In short, when national security is threatened, any threat is taken seriously. Even if the threat is a prank call, which usually ends badly for the jokester who pulled the joke, so you never want to play a prank by calling these guys about a fake threat to national security, they will punish you severely for it, like the IRS…" Sean simplified, which made some adults flinch at the namedrop of the IRS…
1:08:49-1:08:59
"We're back to Judy and Ronald Witwicky, watching the news…" Sero said, noting the news report was likely covering the arrival of the Autobots, believing them to be meteors or something like that.
"Not hard to believe it was a military experiment…" Melissa remarked, "…plenty of UFO sightings from the 1950s to the 1980s in America did turn out to be the military experimenting with aerial vehicles and other pieces of equipment…"
"And the fact is happened in California is likely for this 'Jack' guy Ronald Witwicky is talking with to believe it is a military experiment. But I'll give the Witwickies this one, it is very unlikely to be an experiment given it's California, near Los Angeles…" David pointed out with his daughter.
1:08:59-1:09:26
"Okay, so the Autobots are escorting Spike and Mikaela to the Witwicky residence to retrieve Archibald's glasses at home…" Ida said once Bumblebee as a Camero led Optimus, Ironhide, Arcee, Jazz, and Ratchet to Spike's home.
"Huh? How come only six of the ten Autobots are going to the Witwicky house?" Honenuki asked, confused.
Izanagi answered for the boy, "Chromia, Prowl, Longarm, and Sideswipe are patrolling the area at a distance. They were informed by Bumblebee that Barricade was incapacitated, not killed, and Frenzy disappeared, so Optimus had those four keep an eye out for either.…"
"Oh, that makes sense, but don't they have a means of keeping track of any potential enemy in their vicinity?" Itsuka asked, thinking they must have a way to track each other.
Rosa answered the 1-B representative's question, "They can detect each other's signals, but they've been fighting a war for so long, both sides have gotten really good at cloaking their signals from detection by the other side. The only other way they would be able to detect each other would be through detectors tuned to detect energy signatures from Energon…"
"So outside of fighting, the Autobots and Decepticons have also been playing a game of cat and mouse with each other…my, that is tricky…" Nezu remarked, with Izuku busily writing down this information.
Everyone got a chuckle when a news report got photo-bombed by a teen shouting "yeah" and giving a double thumbs-up.
Makoto groaned as she said, "Props to the reporter for not losing her composure over that idiot's stunt. It gets really annoying when dealing with chuckleheads like that…"
"Seriously? Grounding? Man, curfews must suck back then in America…" Kirishima remarked after the Witwicky parents talked about Spike being late in 15 minutes.
Mojo heard Bumblebee's engine and rushed over to the sound, which soon cut away to Spike and Mikaela exiting the Camero Autobot.
"Oh boy…" Yui sighed nervously, "You can tell by their tones that Spike and Mikaela are very stressed…"
"They are all pressed for time…so it is understandable they would sound stressed…" Sean replied, "Especially with Megatron likely being inches away from getting the Allspark…"
1:09:26-1:10:22
"Even now, Mr. Witwicky has to b*tch about his son walking, or in this case running, on 'his grass'? Sheesh, men and their d*ck measuring contests…" Setsuna shook her head in disbelief, knowing it is somewhat excusable as Spike's father isn't aware of the true stakes of the situation.
"At least Spike is not getting his dad involved, as dumb as it is…" Tsuyu said, knowing she wouldn't want her family involved if she was going through what Spike is going through.
Everyone was quiet throughout the whole exchange between Spike and his father, growing just as concerned as Spike was once the camera showed Optimus transforming into robot mode, then a little later showed Optimus stepping into the backyard carefully over the plant-covered fence.
Izanami noticed Aizawa's reaction and asked, "For curiosity's sake, Aizawa, how would you handle things if you were in Spike's position? Would you be as stressed as he is? I ask because I can tell you want to tear out your hair out in frustration…"
Aizawa flinched as everyone's attention was on him for being called out, but he answered anyways, "Stressed would be an understatement of what I would be feeling in Spike's position…I would rather not talk about it…"
Izanami let out a little chuckle as Aizawa was distracted by Present Mic and Midnight laughing and egging him to tell them the details.
She looked at the readers once again and asked quietly enough to not let those with sensitive hearing hear her, "You guys probably know Aizawa well, how do you think he will handle the situation if he was in Spike's place for this scene and the next? I'd love to know…"
Spike continued to keep his father from stepping outside, saying he'll clean up the whole backyard and said he would hurt his feelings if he does that, Bumblebee shushed the other Autobots as he appeared behind Spike from behind the corner.
"Yeesh…that is so cringy that I would want to offer up a better excuse than that…" Mina remarked after Spike awkwardly told his dad he loves him to keep Ronald from stepping outside and seeing six Autobots enter his backyard.
1:10:22-1:11:04
Everyone could feel the panic and stress Spike was going through as he stressfully inquired what the six of them were doing. Even more so when Optimus stepped along the back with Spike begging that he watch the path, only for Optimus to step onto the water fountain and crush it under his foot by accident, which the Autobot leader apologized for.
"Oh my god! I will openly admit that I would be ripping my hair out if I was Spike Witwicky right now…" Aizawa grumbled as he buried his face in his palms, wanting to scream in frustration out of sympathy for Spike's plight.
Hearing Spike have a slight meltdown as he asked if the Autobots couldn't just stay for five minutes in the alleyway, everyone had to agree with Spike.
"The Autobots seriously couldn't wait for five minutes? Don't they trust Spike?" La Brava asked, feeling the stress he was feeling.
"Again, pressed for time, every second wasted not getting the Cube sooner, the more likely the Decepticons will, and in turn Megatron…" Sean said.
Toru asked, "But, the Decepticons don't know where it is, right? They should have plenty of time…"
"If that's the case, Hagakure, then answer me this…why did the Decepticons try to access the United States military network twice, don't you find that a little strange?" Izanami responded to the invisible girl, which made everyone even more worried, until Izanagi clarified…
"The Decepticons went after the United States because they have narrowed their search to the country likely knowing where the Allspark is. They know it is somewhere on the continent, and there was too much evidence they found to believe the United States didn't know where the Allspark is located. It is also why the Autobots are pressed for time, because the Decepticons are very close to locating the Allspark the old-fashioned way, and the clue regarding Witwicky's glasses could only speed things up on both sides…"
It soon became very clear to everyone the apparent impatience of the Autobots, they were racing against time. They don't even want to imagine how stressed they would be if they were in Spike's shoes, and the Allspark was in Japan instead of America, their country being much smaller that the continental United States.
After Spike and Mikaela confronted each other over the Autobots being impatient, they were allowed a moment of comedy as Mojo the Chihuahua rushed outside and barked at the giant robots. Spike noticed as Mojo proceeded to lift his leg and pee on Ironhide's foot. Spike soon told Mojo to get off the robot and rushed over to control his dog.
"Imagine that, a dog peeing on a Transformer's foot…" Sero remarked, noticing Ironhide did not take the action well.
With a flick of his foot, Ironhide flicked Mojo off his toe, not enough to hurt the dog, Mojo cowered a little as Spike quickly rushed to his dog and picked him up as Ironhide aimed his cannons at the chihuahua.
"Oh, he better not…" Momo began to growl out, but someone shouting interrupted her thoughts.
Shigaraki was always a dog person as he remembered his puppy well, and he snarled in anger as Ironhide aimed his cannons and asked Spike if he could terminate Mojo believing Spike had a rodent infestation.
"YOU DO ANYTHING TO THAT ADORABLE CRACKHEAD PUPPY IRONHIDE, I WILL MELT YOUR F*CKING FACE OFF!" Mina roared in righteous anger, scaring some of the others surrounding her, even Bakugo jumped back a little in shock.
'Holy sh*t! I've never seen Mina that angry before, that's genuinely terrifying…' Kirishima thought as he reeled back and rubbed his ears.
1:11:04-1:11:32
"EXACTLY! MOJO'S A CHIHUAHUA, NOT A RODENT! YOU WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HIM!" Pony shouted at a similar volume to Mina, with most of the girls glaring at Ironhide as he aimed his guns at Mojo being held in Spike's arms, trying to defuse the situation.
As Spike explained that Mojo was a chihuahua, saying 'we' love chihuahuas don't we, Ironhide stated with a slight annoyance that Mojo "leaked lubricants on his foot" and gestured to the foot Mojo peed on. Everyone laughed as Spike asked for clarification, then reprimanded Mojo and apologized to Ironhide, saying it was a male-dominance thing.
Ironhide eventually let the matter go, but not before grumbling that his foot is going to rust. Earning more laughter at Ironhide's comment, everyone soon calmed down enough to see Spike rush across his backyard with his dog in his arms, constantly shushing the Autobots as he weaved and ducked under their feet.
"For robots in disguise, the Autobots aren't really being stealthy, Spike asked them to wait for five minutes, but they transformed and stepped into his backyard, not even giving him two minutes…" Aizawa sighed in annoyance, he understood that they were in a rush to get the Allspark, but he would give them an earful if he was in Spike's position.
Everyone chuckled a little as Spike demanded that the Autobots shut up and hide, with Optimus remarking politely to just hurry.
"Boy, I'm glad that Spike is making sure Mojo's not going to be 'leaking lubricants' over anyone else's foot…" Kyoka sighed as her laughter died down.
1:11:32-1:11:59
Optimus gave a simple command as Spike insisted that Arcee stay outside, she may have been small enough to maybe squeeze through the door into the house, but the boy stood firm and said it won't end well if Arcee followed him inside. Arcee complied in response to Spike's harsh rebuttal of her help, telling him to relax and that she'll listen.
"That's a new scene…" Rosa commented quietly, taking a sip of water, "And it adds a bit of quick humor…I like it…"
"Yeah, I don't think Spike wants to have that kind of talk with his parents bringing home a girl, even if she's an alien robot moonlighting as a motorcycle, and I cannot believe the sentence I just said…" Kaminari commented, as everyone laughed as they agreed, when said like that, it was a weird sentence.
Hearing Ronald say he hopes Spike is okay in the kitchen with ice on his nose, confused everyone, wondering what he was talking about.
"Hold on, what? Why would Mr. Witwicky say that?" Ida asked, puzzled by the action.
"He talks like he beat Spike up like some strict father disciplining his son…" Shoto remarked, as memories flooded of his harsh training under his father.
All Might thought about it, then realized something as it clicked, "Oh I see what's going on…"
"What? What's going on?" Aoyama asked, he's been very distracted throughout most of the movie so far.
"I see I'm not the only one who noticed…" Nezu replied to All Might.
"Seriously, what is it?" Kaminari asked, to which Aizawa answered, "Spike's dad is covering for him for the fact that he was three minutes late for his curfew…"
"Oh, I see it now…" Mina said as Judy and Ronald chatted about how Ronald "slapped" Spike around for being late.
The scene son jumped to Spike rummaging around his room frantically for his great-grandfather's glasses, everyone laughed at this as he tossed his bedsheets up in the air looking for the glasses.
"Honestly, I would probably do the same…" Mina confessed, she recalled her bedroom back at her parents' house being particularly messy before she moved to the dorms at U-A.
"It pays to have not as many things in case you need to find something important…" Shoji remarked as Kaminari joked, "Our minimalist everyone…"
Spike suddenly stopped looking as he heard something and like a prairie dog, he peeked to where the sound was coming from and rushed over.
"Wonder what got Spike's attention?" Cementoss asked, to which Thirteen replied, "Knowing the sounds playing, likely the Autobots peeking through a window…"
1:11:59-1:12:22
Seeing Bumblebee and Optimus by the open windows made everyone concerned, especially as Optimus was closer to the house than the yellow Autobot. Soon at another window, they see that Optimus was carrying Mikaela to the window in his palm, telling Spike that time is short, and Mikaela is to help him look for the glasses.
"Well, he managed to get a girl in his room…just not how he expected it to go…" Mina joked, knowing how Spike initially, as Ratchet so bluntly pointed out earlier, wished to bed, Mikaela.
Hearing what Spike said about the glasses being in his backpack and the backpack is now gone, Momo felt compelled to say, "Just take a deep breath, take your time, and retrace your steps. That usually works in finding something you're missing."
"They're under a lot of stress and have very little time…" Hawks commented, "Can't blame Witwicky for not thinking straight…"
"It's no excuse when the entire human race is in danger, no matter how valid the excuse is…" Aizawa cut in bluntly, sighing in sympathy for Spike.
1:12:22-1:12:36
"I don't think they will be pissed Mikaela…just really stressed, if anything…" Melissa commented in response to Mikaela's remark to Spike saying the glasses were gone.
With Spike telling Mikaela to take a sweep over one section of the room, Mina had a gut feeling as she remarked to Spike, "Ooo…probably should've been specific buddy, chances are high she is going to find something you don't want her to find…"
"Understatement of the century, Ashido…" Kaminari deadpanned as Mikaela crouched down to begin her sweep by pulling out a black box.
Seeing Spike's reaction as he quickly grabbed the box, Mineta whispered to the other students, "How likely that has his porn stash inside?"
"Not betting with you, Minoru. But, yeah, definitely where he stashes his magazines…" Kosei replied in the same volume as Mineta.
'Not wrong…but they and you didn't hear that from me…' Izanami thought as Mikaela clarified her stress to a stressed-out Spike when it focused on Mikaela's bag.
"Yeah, Spike, that's on you for not being specific…she's already stressed out enough with you about the Autobots, she doesn't need any more for getting in trouble in your room…" Mina said as she paid more attention to the dialogue, until she saw Mikaela's bag move.
"Why is…" Shoji was about to ask until everyone's hearts stopped when a few metal appendages creeped out from the bag…
"HOLY SH*T! I forgot Frenzy was reduced to a still-living head and disguised himself as a cell phone!" Kaminari shouted in surprise as Frenzy's whole head peaked out of the bag, and got startled by the goldfish.
While Frenzy was distracting for the entire audience, several of them were hearing the conversation between Spike and Mikaela. Once Spike asked what was in response to a noise, it prompted curiosity from everyone who was paying attention to the dialogue.
"What is it now? What grabbed their attention?" Kyoka asked, making everyone realize the conversation and distracting them away from Frenzy, especially as Spike asked "what now" rhetorically.
1:12:36-1:13:00
Spike and Mikaela looked out the window into the backyard, and Spike complained as it showed what he was in disbelief over, "No. No, no. No, no, no. This isn't hiding. This isn't hiding. This is my backyard, not a parking lot!"
"He said 'truck stop' instead of 'parking garage' in our version. Still just as funny…" Sean chuckled at this scene, seeing six vehicles parked rather tightly in the backyard of Spike Witwicky.
"Oh, God, Oh!" Aizawa whined in unison with Spike onscreen, making Midnight and Present Mic laugh their butts off as the chronic insomniac said next, "I would want to scream into my pillow if I was there. I would explicitly tell the Autobots how and where to stay and hide to avoid a situation like this. As Spike just said, this isn't hiding, it is a backyard, not a parking lot…"
Everyone laughed at the scene but got into more uproarious fits of laughter at the two pros laughing up a storm at Aizawa's expense.
After Spike's whining at the ridiculousness, the scene cut back to Spike's parents watching the tv and hearing an interview of a guy who was talking about the meteor shower, whining about a ruined moped that was apparently under one of the crashed UFOs as he stated.
"Oof!" Present Mic recoiled, "Your moped getting totaled by arriving alien robots, I feel you man, sorry for your ride…"
"Huh?! Did Mr. Witwicky just look out the window?!" Melissa asked in surprise, catching everyone else's attention.
"No way, you're right! Did he see the Autobots or their disguises in his backyard?" Setsuna responded, as everyone soon got extremely concerned.
Izanagi spoke up, "That was an error in post-production…most movies film their scenes out of order according to the scheduling during production. The editors then edit all the shot footage into the final product according to the director's wishes and how it would flow narratively speaking according to the script. This scene slipped by unintentionally, and is now a slight continuity error. The only good thing this error did is provide all sorts of theories about Ronald Witwicky knowing about the Transformers all along…"
"So, it's a consequence of the filmmaking process?" Ida asked, "But did Mr. Witwicky see the Autobots when he looked out the window…?"
"He did not, despite what the film implies…even the MCU with it's strict adherence to quality, isn't exempt from small errors like this. It's just a problem that comes with the territory of realities where the films you've seen are films period…sadly, even if we try to, the films of realities you have seen and will see are versions that are just films…he was drinking wine, so you could use the excuse he did see the Autobots, but didn't think much about it…" Izanami bluntly stated to everyone.
Izuku thought about that and made a note to himself regarding these editorial slip-ups and not think too much about them, while also erasing what he wrote regarding Ronald Witwicky peeking out the window.
The scene then cut back to Spike's room it focused on Mikaela looking in another direction briefly as she told Spike that "he's back", with the audience quickly surmising that she was referring to Optimus Prime.
"What does Optimus want now?" Spinner questioned, feeling more unnerved about just how much is at stake in this little adventure, feeling sorry for Spike as he complained that he can't deal with this.
1:13:00-1:13:30
The camera shifted from Spike rushing over to the window to his bathroom, to Optimus looking through it with a hand on the outside wall of the house. Everyone thought it looked a little funny, until a loud gasp made everyone turn to see who it was that gasped.
The culprit was Ibara Shiozaki, as she said, "Oh Optimus Prime, why…you realized what you stepped on, don't you…?"
Hearing what the vine-haired girl say made everyone focus on the screen, and some of them cringed once Spike looked at Optimus' feet and gestured in disbelief…
"Right on his mom's flowers…" Kaminari cringed, he remembered how much trouble a neighbor of his years ago got into with another's garden being trampled on by accident.
Hearing Optimus say "oops" as he lifted his foot and some broken flowers fell off of it, made some chuckle, while others let out loud exhales through their noses.
"I know he never means any harm, but if Optimus ever did that to my garden, I would be righteously furious with him…" Ibara breathed out, trying to calm herself as Spike tried to explain to Optimus about him and the rest of the Autobots hanging around.
"Okay, more of Shia LaBeouf's quick word vomit…" Rosa chuckled out as she heard Spike argue with Optimus a little.
Izuku turned to the married woman and asked, "Shia LeBeouf?"
Sean answered, "The name of the actor who is playing Spike Witwicky, best known for playing Louis Steven of Even Stevens, as well as this film. He's appeared in other films, like I, Robot, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Holes…"
"OOOOHHH! I know that guy! He's the 'Just do it!' guy on the Internet! Man, he's funny…" Kaminari exclaimed in recognition.
"I heard things about him, things regarding plagiarism and an alcohol addiction? I don't quite remember…" Momo said as she once recalled researching the actor when she watched one of the aforementioned films named by Sean.
"Yeah, best leave that aside and enjoy the film in the present, this was before all that stuff…" Izanami replied.
"Controversy, the one thing that can ruin a career faster than anything…" Nezu quietly remarked, unaware that Dabi smirked as his plan to destroy his dad did involve making controversy on his life.
Hearing Spike talk to Optimus, stressing about his parents freaking out and his mom having a temper, couldn't help but laugh as Optimus tried to calmly talk with the stressed-out teenager. They could even see a bit of Optimus Prime looking about as stressed as Spike, if him placing his fingers on his forehead and letting out a sigh.
Rosa remarked with a smile, "This Optimus is more in-line with his original characterization, I approve of this. The original version of the film we've seen made him out to be more impatient, and quick to anger at times…"
Bakugo groaned as he remarked to himself aloud, "God, this extra even word-vomits like stupid Deku…"
Izuku felt a little offended at that remark, but let it go as it was Bakugo being Bakugo.
"Don't lose faith and keep searching…" Optimus responded to Spike saying they were not in his room.
"I need you to be quiet for five minutes. Ten minutes, Okay?" Spike responded quickly as more hisses sounded off, Optimus remaining stoic as he listened to him.
Spike continued his plea, "Please, I'm begging you. You got to…You're making a racket. I can't-…I can't concentrate. You want me to look and I-I-I'm hearing…"
"Calm down, calm down Spike…" Optimus said as Spike started to mutter incoherent babble regarding the noise the rest of the Autobots were making.
"Oh man…I wouldn't be able to concentrate on all that noise going on as well…especially if I want things to be secret…" Tetsutetsu remarked at Spike's predicament, with most of the students, and some of the adults, agreeing.
"At least Optimus is listening to Spike's request…like they should've done in the first place…" Aizawa sighed loudly.
1:13:30-1:14:04
Hearing Arcee shoo Ironhide and Ratchet away from the house while also reprimanding the two over the noise all the Autobots were making made some chuckle, as Arcee sounded like a mom dealing with her trouble-prone children.
Rosa remarked as Optimus tried to calm Arcee down, "Oh, am I so glad it was someone else instead of Optimus who told off the other Autobots. I like this MUCH better than our original version…"
Hearing that, Izuku tried to imagine it was just five Autobots, and Optimus reprimanding Ironhide and Ratchet over the noise everyone was making. He had to give it to Rosa, based on Optimus' character description as read by Present Mic, this was significantly better.
"Heh-heh, Arcee sounds like a mom nagging at her misbehav-…" Setsuna remarked as the scene soon changed to Ratchet walking away, prompting Kyoka to shout, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Ratchet, stop! You're gonna-!"
But once everyone noticed and joined Kyoka in warning Ratchet, it was too late as he walked right into some power lines. Which a shocked yelp, a loud and bright spark, Ratchet's upper torso whirled around with his sirens blaring as the medic stumbled and crushed a greenhouse next door to the Witwicky home as he fell. Ibara held back a shocked yelp of her own the moment the greenhouse was destroyed, repeating quietly to herself that it was an accident.
"Ooooooooooo!" was all everyone said as they cringed at what happened to Ratchet, Mirio joked, "Ouch, I'm sure that was a shocking experience for Ratchet…"
"Dude, that was lame!" Kaminari replied to Mirio's joke.
Once Ratchet crashed hard onto the floor, the tremor of his weight seemed enough to rattle the Witwicky house, as once it showed Spike's parents, Ronald shouted earthquake and rushed to the dining table across the room as Judy stood seated on the couch.
Everyone burst into laughter especially as Ronald told Judy to move it while still holding onto his wine glass, not dropping the drink inside.
Kurogiri remarked mid-chuckle, "I will give Mr. Witwicky that, I am impressed he didn't spill a drop of that wine in the midst of the tremors and the quick pace of his movement to the table…"
"Yeah, duck and cover…that is what you should do in an earthquake, Mr. Witwicky!" Ida congratulated Spike's father on reminding him and his classmates about Earthquake safety.
Hearing Judy ask in bewilderment how her husband got over there so fast, made everyone laugh harder.
"They may be annoying as f*ck, but they are hilarious…" Bakugo snickered, trying to hide his widening smirk.
"Wow! That felt tingly, I can't feel my actuators…!" Ratchet remarked like he was buzzed under a drink, he groaned as he tried to get up and remarked sarcastically, "You have got to try that!"
Ironhide crouched down to help Ratchet up as he remarked sarcastically as well, "Yeah, that looks fun, doc…"
Arcee walked up and exclaimed in a hushed tone, "Are you out of your fragging minds?! You could've caused–…!"
The power line's transformer conduit sparked wildly as in a flash, all the lights in the neighborhood dimmed. This prompted Arcee to finish her words with the most deadpan tone and expression anyone has heard and seen, "…that…"
Those who loved a good laugh were practically wheezing and squeaking in hysterical laughter that was so infectious, that it got everyone else laughing hard.
Present Mic was rolling on the floor as he squeaked out, "Oh God…ha-ha-ha-haa! I can't…I can't breathe!"
Izuku was laughing, but was now stiff and quiet as a statue once he felt Ochako lean on him as she clutched her stomach as she laughed in tears. Mina was no better as she was laughing so hard that she was shedding tears, something about Arcee saying "that" in that tone with that face really hit her giggle switch and now she was practically suffocating and feeling her stomach hurt from all the laughter she was making. Bakugo wheezed in laughter too, but he was trying to not laugh if the fact he was trying to frown while covering his eyes is a big enough clue. All four children had an absolute ball, as they were laughing so hard at the cartoonish gag Ratchet and Arcee had.
"Oh man, I feel sorry for Arcee for having to deal with these knuckle-draggers…" Toga remarked in her fit of laughter, the other villains agreeing with her in that they felt sorry for the motorcycle Autobot.
Aizawa actually let out a few chuckles at the same time as everyone, but quickly silenced himself as he facepalmed himself so hard that a red handprint was shown on his face. He had to agree with Himiko Toga, he felt sorry for Arcee as well, given she is taking this whole thing about as seriously as he would if he was an Autobot.
The scene quickly changed once Optimus called Ratchet over to where Spike's room is, to Ronald and Judy walking upstairs to their son's room.
"Oh, my god…" Rosa managed to say amidst a couple of giggles and wiping away a couple of tears, "…Micheal Bay, why were you and the writers so hung up on explaining the 'robots having genders' thing to deny us this in our version of your film? This is leagues better than our version…"
"Yeah, the reality I plucked this version of Transformers from, Hasbro insisted (practically demanded) that female Autobots be included, convincing Bay and the writers that people will not care about explaining robot genders…" Izanami said, suppressing a few giggles herself.
The scene showed the Witwicky adults that they were looking down, while noticing that Ronald was holding two flashlights, and Judy, for some reason, was carrying a baseball bat.
"Why is Mrs. Witwicky carrying a baseball bat?" Mina asked, turning to Izanami as she simply shrugged a response.
1:14:04-1:14:40
"Honestly, I would be wondering what the hell that light was too…" Mina remarked as Spike's parents were wondering what a bright light was, and why was it shining in their son's room.
"Weird is an understatement lady…" Awase replied to Judy's remark about the bright light peeking from under the door crack.
Once Ronald started knocking on Spike's door, the scene showed it was coming from Ratchet's floodlights, Dark Shadow cried out how bright the light was as Optimus ordered Ratchet to point the light into Spike's room.
"I know they are trying to help, but come on!" Kyoka exclaimed, "…Optimus, you're making things worse for Spike, his parents are going to notice…"
Spike heard his parents knocking and told Ratchet to shut off the light because of his parents, making everyone let out chuckles as Ronald shouted about how Spike knew some kind of house rules on no locked doors in the house.
"What?" Sero, Kyoka, Kosei, Kinoko, and Ragdoll asked in unison.
Spike was guiding Mikaela to hide in a corner of his room, as Nezu explained, "Ronald Witwicky must be someone who I have heard about, a type of person who doesn't care very much about secrets in his home. So no doors are allowed to be locked in his home, especially as he is the breadwinner of the family. He must be among the 'No Closed Doors' policy supporters…"
"Oh, those people? Really? Was he from New York, because I heard some people living there don't even lock their doors…" Kaminari asked, which somehow earned him a slap on the back of his head from Kyoka.
Before anyone could respond to that, Ronald started counting down from five, much to Judy's exasperation.
"He's seriously going to knock the door down because Spike locked it?" Shoji asked in surprise, some of the other teenagers agreed with him about that.
Rosa sighed as she said in an annoyed tone, "Yes, some parents are like that exactly, they will knock your door down if you lock it and do not respond to their calls. My dad was like that when I was a kid, before I stayed with my husband's family as a transfer student at high school. Somehow that man convinced his dad to do that act for him in his stead…"
Sean looked at his wife and remarked, "Yeah, I still don't know how your dad convinced my dad to do that as well, it's kinda creepy…"
Most of the teenagers stared at the couple with shocked expressions, some shot them sympathetic looks as they remembered their own folks being just as invasive of their privacy.
"Your dad sounds like an-…" Shigaraki was about to say, before Rosa projected a sword made entirely out of white flames, the blade extended out to barely touch the man-child's neck.
The woman looked at Shigaraki with a glare that promised pain as she responded with venom in her voice, "You finish that sentence, and I'll lop your head off! My dad was pushy and brash, but he was just over-protective. He could usually tell if something was wrong and always called, barged in, etc out of worry and concern. He–…"
Rosa was silenced as Sean calmed her down, saying, "Hey, it's okay, not his fault he had a childhood with a total freak raising him."
Shigaraki smiled as he said, "Yeah, my dad was a freak…"
Sean bluntly replied with a straight face, "Oh, I wasn't talking about your dad…I was referring to the freak that pretends to be human that you call master. Could've called him a pedo-possessive-revenge-hungry-freak, but that would be too nice a thing to call him…at least your dad cared about you, even if he never let you know, unlike this guy, who what he said to you is totally disconnected to how he thinks…"
All For One immediately stood up knowing the young man was referring to him when he called him a freak and was offended, especially when he heard All Might laughing into his hand. Shigaraki was about to say screw the forced alliance, he's killing the couple, his master ready to join him, but Izanami got in front of them, grabbed their wrists and clenched hard enough for bones to be heard snapping.
(Movie Paused 1:14:28)
Both leaders of the League of Villains yelped in pain and readied to defend themselves as a knee-jerk reaction, but once they looked into Izanami's eyes they felt ALL the fight in them leave as their host gave them a glare that was much too severe to call a death glare.
The rest of the audience felt their blood run ice-cold as they saw Izanami's eyes, her sclera was pitch black instead of white like before, and an oppressive, murderous aura erupted from the pink-haired deity.
Izanami spoke with a deathly serious and icy tone, "If any of you think about attacking my favorite toys, I promise you this…YOU! WILL! WISH! You were just dead, when I'm through with you!"
Bakugo and the five 1-A students that rescued him in Kamino Ward felt the killing intent their host gave off and it sent chills throughout their bodies. They thought All For One or Kiddo were terrifying, how wrong they were. Izanami make the aforementioned villain look like a single mosquito compared to a supernova. Any doubts that she cannot kill them all were put to bed in this very moment, she is truly as dangerous as they were warned. They would rather face something unstoppable as a natural disaster than face her right now.
Izanagi spoke up loud enough for everyone to hear, "Okay sister, that's enough! You remember what Father and Dragonblood had told you about hosting at Dragonblood's theater, you remember the rules and guidelines, right?"
Izanami looked at her brother and took in a deep breath and exhaled, the murderous aura was lifted and everyone could breathe again, not realizing they were holding their breath. Izanami forcefully and quickly released her grip on AFO and Tomura's wrists, both wrists on the villains were black with blood and bruises. Looking at Izanami's hands they saw huge stains of blood that seemed to have hardened instantly when she crushed their wrists. With a snap of her fingers, both injuries she inflicted were completely healed, like they were never hurt in the first place.
Izanami said in a much calmer voice, "I am sorry about that, but my threat to you two still stands, and besides…"
Her eyes still had pitch-black sclera as she opened them and said to the two villain leaders, "Stronger variants of you two had tried and failed to attack and/or kill the Hashimotos when they only had a fraction of their current strength, only able to completely destroy a fighter jet at max power. What makes you think either of you are strong enough to hurt them now, with them being powerful enough to wipe an entire solar system off the face of the universe…"
That sent chills up everyone's spines, the Hashimotos, the two of them were strong enough to wipe an entire solar system off the map?! Together or Individually…?!
Everyone got out of their thoughts when Nezu asked their host, "Excuse me, Miss Izanami? What exactly did you mean by 'toys' when you made that threat?"
"She means me and Rosa…" Sean spoke up to everyone's shock, as Rosa added before anyone could ask, "To a deity like Pa-I-I-mean Izanami, if they are especially fond of a mortal, they start calling such mortals their 'toys' or 'dolls', it isn't derogatory. In fact, it pretty much means you are liked enough like a little girl would her Barbie dolls, so it means you are only really threatened by…"
Rosa looked upwards like she was thinking, then answered, "Two villains in all of creation, three if you are really pushing it…and sorry to say to the two of you, neither of you qualifies in any of those two or three slots…"
That stung both villains, with AFO particularly taking it hard he isn't considered a threat, "I am a future demon king! How would I not be considered–!"
Rosa interrupted him by asking, "Are you a planet eater that consumes planets, literally eats them? Can you tear apart the fabric of reality just by existing in a reality your very being cannot be supported without it collapsing in on itself? Called the End of All Things Living? Or even the Source of all that is Evil in creation? Or the King of the Void?"
All For One instantly shut up as he could not boast such feats or titles, as Rosa drove the final nail in the coffin, "If you don't qualify under any of those things, you are at most in your physical prime, best compared to a jay-walker or litterbug in how deities perceive threats, something they could ignore like it doesn't exist, or stomp on it like a cockroach. There are quirkless villains that are considered significantly more threatening than you…"
Shigaraki couldn't believe what he was hearing, "Name one! You can't name a threat-!"
"Joker…" Sean said bluntly and everyone froze as they remembered one of their previous host showing films that had the Clown Prince of Crime. He was much more dangerous than they thought if deities consider him, an ordinary man dressed like a clown, is considered a bigger threat than the man who was responsible for the Kamino Ward incident.
"And trust us, the only villains our friends consider genuine threats are too much for the entire Justice League and Avengers combined to defeat…" Sean said, seeing AFO look positively broken, his ego, shattered to pieces.
Izanami said, "How about we continue watching our band of 'robots in disguise' before I decide, 'to hell with Kiddo's restrictions, I'm putting all the LOV and anyone else that annoys me, six feet under' because they threatened my toys…"
(Film Resume 1:14:28)
The film resumed as everyone was soon distracted by Ronald Witwicky's warning that the door was coming off its hinges as he continued counting down. All For One and Shigaraki we're not paying attention to the film as their pride was in tatters, they were feared, but thanks to one deity, they were both made an utter joke.
The Shadow King of Japan warned his student, "Make any more remarks about your horrible father, Tomura, and we will die before we can change society…understand…"
Shigaraki didn't need to look at his sensei to tell he was genuinely terrified for his and his protege's life, so he heeded his words and said, "Yes sensei…"
But Shigaraki thought at Ronald said stand back after counting down to one, what both Sean and Rosa said about what his master said to him and what he really thought were disconnected, meaning he was being lied to. Now the thought had been planted in his head, he could hear the disconnect clearly when AFO told him not to remark about his father. It was true, he could tell instantly that his concern for his safety wasn't out of concern like a friend or son. No, it almost sounded like, he was worried about a new suit or outfit…
'What is sensei not telling me…?' Shigaraki thought as the seed of doubt was planted in his mind.
Izanagi noticed as he thought, 'Seems that Sean and Rosa had planted the doubt in Tenko Shimura's mind, this would help him fight off Shigaraki's attempts to control his body much more easily…'
Almost immediately after Ronald said to stand back, Spike opened the door and stood in the crack of the open door, him asking what's up and what's with the bat, made everyone laugh, glad that they were not thinking about the terrifying display their host displayed earlier. But, fair is fair, it still lingers in their minds and likely won't go away.
"Heh, we really need this laugh, especially after-…" Kaminari chuckled, then started to frown as his mind spiraled down, only to be snapped out of it by Kyoka Jiro punching his arm and saying, "Do you not have an off button with your mouth, Jamming Yey?"
1:14:40-1:15:03
Hearing Judy ask why Spike was so sweaty and filthy, and Spike answering he's a child, a teenager, made all the aforementioned teenagers in the audience chuckle and giggle. Even a few adults let out a chuckle or two.
"I mean, he's not wrong. Some teenagers get really sweaty and filthy…" Midnight commented.
Cementoss remarked, "We all were teenagers once, sometimes others forget that. Even us…"
"Problem children…a freaking universal constant…" Aizawa whined, as it seems problem children exist everywhere…
Everyone couldn't really give comments the whole time Spike argued with his parents as they barged into his room, Ronald was fixated on Ratchet's light he saw earlier. Spike saying they didn't knock when his parents did indeed knock made almost every teenager in the audience cringe as they recalled the one time this happened to them.
"The fact that we know he was covering for the Autobots and Mikaela from his parents knowing about both, makes the repression comment he snapped out all the more hilarious…" Present Mic commented to the rest of the U-A faculty between chuckles.
'Oh no…I know what's coming in the original version, please tell me that-…' Rosa thought as a blush began forming on her face, but was soon made clear once Judy replied to Spike's rebuttals…
1:15:03-1:15:32
Everyone was silent once Judy asked if Spike was…err…best left unsaid as a narrator. The air was thick with awkwardness, caught absolutely speechless.
"Uhh…I…do not have…a response…to that…" Nieto Monoma replied, breaking the silence as the camera showed Spike and Ronald's reaction to Judy's question.
'Oh wow…THAT still made it into this version of the film? Sheesh! Still as awkward on watches then as is now with this slightly remixed version…' Rosa thought as she blushed heavily, then looked to her husband and saw he too looked quite embarrassed. She had a feeling why, and sure enough, Sean was recalling this exact instance happening to him so many years ago.
Most of the teenagers, male and female alike, were severely red in the face with sheer embarrassment. Some of the girls, chiefly Momo Yaoyorozu, Ochako Ururaka, Kyoka Jiro, and Melissa Shield were too embarrassed to look as they covered their faces as their red-flushed faces made them look like stop signs.
Izuku was one of the few male examples of being just as embarrassed as the girls. The situation Spike Witwicky was in, if it happened to him as what was happening now, his mother asking if he was…and while a girl he really liked (he pictured Ochako and strangely Momo and Melissa in Mikaela's place in his hypothetical scenario), was hiding while he and his father looked at Inko with speechless expressions. Oh boy, he would literally collapse dead in sheer embarrassment, unable to continue living with that question being asked.
Whether he actually did or did not do…that thing…is better left to your imagination.
"Awkward…" Mina hissed in a sing-song voice, her face flushed a deep magenta over that personal question being asked. She vowed then and there if she had a son and he was weirdly defensive about her and his father entering his room, she would never ask if he was…
"What's masterba-?" Eri began to ask, before Nejire interrupted her by exclaiming, her own cheeks flushed a bright and deep red, "When You're Older! Please, Don't Ask That Eri…!"
Eri was confused, but decided it was probably best to drop the subject as even the adults seemed quite embarrassed about it. The other three kids felt the same, especially Kota once he saw his Auntie Shino look like she did that one time he asked her if he was going to have an uncle anytime soon, and she knew what he was talking about.
"Happy Time?! Seriously?! Stop Talking Woman!" Spinner cried out as his green scales turned scarlet around his face.
"Special Alone Time?! I Agree With The Stain-Wannabe Cosplayer And The Witwicky Men Extras! STOP TALKING YOU F*CKING B*ITCH!" Bakugo roared out an octave higher than his usual pitch, burying his face into his arms as his face was such a shade of red, you could mistake it for a stop sign.
Izuku went thermonuclear and passed out, so embarrassed for Spike that he couldn't process it in his mind. Ochako really didn't fair better as for some odd reason, she was imagining Izuku…uh…using her as 'material' to imagine…she couldn't finish her thoughts as she passed out as well, on top of Izuku's crotch.
"MERCI! ARRÊT MADAME! ARRÊT!" Aoyama screamed with a flushed face and trying to bury his face into his shirt.
Izanami snickered mischievously as Izanagi looked at her accusingly (or at least I think he is, it's really hard to tell, I'm trying…), which Izanami noticed.
~"Oh relax nee-chan! I had my fun, it wasn't the version that lasted a minute longer than this one…"~ she said to her brother telepathically.
"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DROP IT ALREADY!" Aizawa roared out at Judy Witwicky, freaking out the students and teachers.
"Whoa! Never heard Aizawa shout like one of his, as he called them, 'problem children' before…" Midnight whispered to Present Mic, who wordlessly nodded in agreement…
1:15:32-1:16:01
"Thank god they are moving on from that awkward discussion…" Aizawa groaned, he never felt embarrassed much in his life, but this was one of the few times he did feel the embarrassment.
"Weird night, yes. Having a bit to drink, also yes. Asking if your son was…absolutely not…" Itsuka Kendo remarked to Judy's comment, too embarrassed to say that thing (too embarrassed to say it myself right now…)
'Oh, then you probably need a thicker skin, Gojiradon. At least they aren't thinking too much about me losing my temper earlier, so thanks…' Izanami thought, giving…someone…a thumbs up…
'Why is she giving a thumbs up to the ceiling…?' Kyoka thought as she found the host's actions…really odd for her sense of normal…
Bakugo would normally whine about Ronald focusing on the light he and Judy saw, but compared to earlier, this was a welcome change he can and will tolerate.
Soon enough they saw Optimus and Ratchet from outside the windows, Optimus noting about the parents and signaling his troops to hide. Everyone laughed as Ronald Witwicky stepped into the bathroom and Optimus immediately backpedaled with a "whoa" and caused another tremor and Ronald shouted about an aftershock, stepping and hunkering down in the bathtub, remarking how he hates aftershocks.
"Mr. Witwicky has a point, even after the initial tremors of an earthquake, you must be prepared for any aftershocks. They are what you should really be careful with, as the aftershocks tend to be more powerful than the initial earthquake…" Thirteen said to the students, everyone acknowledging the advice as Japan was an earthquake hotspot.
Optimus quickly ordered the Autobots to hide as the six Autobots scrambled to hide once Ronald headed to inspect the backyard.
Hearing Ronald complain that the yard was destroyed, made everyone laugh at his expense, and also cringe recalling his pride as a suburbia man and his home's landscape, especially as he implied to have done it on his own.
"Man, I can't imagine how bummed I would be if my yard was totaled like Mr. Witwicky's…" Kirishima remarked, remembering what Rosa said about how some men said about how manly they are by how their yards look.
1:16:01-1:16:44
Everyone bawled out in hysterical laughter once it showed a wide shot of the back of the house, and all six Autobots there hiding as best as they could from Ronald looking out Spike's window. Even Aizawa, as much as he wanted to scream in frustration over this ridiculousness, couldn't repress a smirk of amusement over the scene.
"Robots in disguise, everyone…" Pixie Bob and Himiko Toga said in unison and gesturing at the screen, as Ronald noticed a sparking transformer strip on a powerline, completely unaware of the other kind of Transformers hiding out of his line of sight…
Ronald whined about how his yard was trashed, gone, and such, as the camera soon focused on Ironhide looking up at the window of the house, his cannons forming.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What is Ironhide doing…" Ochako asked, not liking the face the red-and-black Autobot is making as his guns started to warm up.
"The parents are very irritating…" "Yeah-yeah-yeah…" "Shall I take them out…?" Ironhide remarked, with Ratchet egging Ironhide on as Spike's parents talked in the background.
"Oh, Hell No, Ironhide!" Setsuna said, with Ida balked and replying, "IRONHIDE! THAT BREAKS THE CODE OF ARMED COMBAT! YOU ARE THREATENING THE LIVES OF CIVILIANS!"
"Ironhide, you know we do not harm humans…" Optimus replied immediately with Arcee angrily whispering to him, "What in the pits of Kaon is wrong with you two!"
"Thank you, Optimus and Arcee…" Itsuka said with a relieved sigh, but then asked, "Pits of Kaon? What is that?"
Rosa answered, "Kaon is the name of a city on Cybertron, it is often regarded as a cesspool, a grimy, filthy city that was a shadow of its former self. It could be best described in human eyes as an officer of the law's worst nightmare if they are a by-the-books greenhorn. It was a lot like Gotham City now that I think about it, Kaon was also Megatron's hometown…"
"Oh my god!" Midnight replied with a shocked expression, "It sounds like a pro-hero's worst nightmare if you compare this Kaon place to Gotham…"
"I was joking, honest…" Ironhide remarked, "I'm just saying we could. It's an option…"
"Hey, Optimus!" Chromia spoke through the Autobots' comlink, "You guys want to make yourselves scarce right about now. Spotted…"
Optimus listened intently as he soon had the other five Autobots peel out of the neighborhood, they soon reached the alleyway Spike had them wait at initially, then drove off at a distance.
"Whoa, what did Chromia see to make the Autobots fall back? Decepticons, so they could ambush them?" Jurota wondered as he scratched his chin in thought.
Rosa's eyebrows lifted up in surprise as she thought, 'Huh…that explains why they suddenly disappeared when Sector Seven arrived…'
When Spike's parents kept asking Spike who he was talking with, Mikaela stood up from her hiding place and introduced herself when the Witwickies silenced themselves. Judy laughed as she remarked that Mikaela was gorgeous, Ronald giving his son a first bump.
"I'll be honest…Mikaela Banes is really gorgeous…" Sero and Awase remarked in unison, the rest of the teenage boys agreeing with the two, to a few of the teenage girls' dismayed glares shot at them.
"What is the name of Mikaela's actor?" Kosei asked, curious about who the actress was.
"Megan Fox, that's the actress' name…" Sean replied, he need not say more as everyone exclaimed in realization.
"Oh yeah! That pre-quirk era actress! Man, have I had the biggest crush on her when I was in grade school…" Tetsutetsu remarked, with several other boys agreeing with him, including Spinner and Twice reluctantly.
1:16:44-1:17:07
"Oh right, Mikaela was there when they were…shutting up now…" Kaminari said, then shut himself up to keep that awkward discussion from being brought up again.
"You're learning, Jamming Yey…" Kyoka snarked while elbowing Kaminari's arm playfully.
When Spike soon inquired about the location of his backpack to his mom, and she told him where it was, every hero, hero-in-training, child, support course, and a few villains all slapped their foreheads with a loud crack.
"The backpack was in the f*cking kitchen, the whole time?! HOW STUPID ARE YOU, YOU F*CKING EXTRA!" Bakugo roared out in frustration, wanting to blow something up to vent his anger.
"To be fair…" Sean said, "…haste makes waste, as the saying goes…"
"Couldn't have said it better myself, Hashimoto…" Nezu said after finishing his cup of tea, "Let this be a lesson for you students, letting yourself get stressed will have you overlook a simple solution to any problem right in front of your faces. The Autobots and Spike were so stressed for time that it took this long for Spike to find his grandfather's glasses…"
The students nodded and affirmed a response, Shigaraki decided to keep the advice in his head as well.
Any annoyance they felt over that blunder was quickly replaced with worry when several Suburbans with siren lights drove down the street, they now have a feeling things have just become complicated.
"Those aren't Decepticons…are they…? Like that Barricade guy?" Sen Kaibara asked, nervous about a confrontation that will level this suburban neighborhood.
"No…I don't think so, Mr. Kaibara…" Nezu replied, noticing the exact make of the Suburbans, "These look to be government vehicles, owned by agents…"
Sure enough, once the cars parked along the curb, men in suits and lab coats stepped out of the vehicles and walked to the Witwicky residence…
"Anyone else getting the feeling things just got more complicated…?" Awase asked everyone.
"My bad-vibe radar's been screaming murder, the minute those vehicles showed up…" Toru replied, which started a chain reaction of people affirming that something didn't feel right.
1:17:07-1:17:37
The camera soon focused on the Witwicky kitchen as Spike rushed to his backpack and rummaged through it, where it didn't take long for him to find and hold the glasses, a look of relief on his face.
"Yes, now the Autobots could locate the Allspark before the Decepticons could…" Pony Tsutanori sighed.
As Mikaela commented about Spike's mom being nice, Spike explained that he wants her to distract his parents as he slips out to give the Autobots the glasses.
"A good plan, simple, liable to being derailed, but a good plan anyways…" Present Mic commented, which prompted Aizawa to rebuke, "And that's why in emergencies, you are not the one in charge of organizing the students and faculty…"
Everyone forgot about Frenzy as his beady eyes on stalks peeked out of Mikaela's bag, and looked up at Spike.
"Oh crap, Frenzy just needs the opportunity and those glasses are in the Decepticons' hands…" Jurota growled in worry.
"I wish to see Megatron's plan succeed, the destruction would be quite spectacular…" AFO remarked, having regained some of his old bravado, but Izanami's threat still lingered in his mind.
The scene changed to show a pair of eyes peeking through the mail slip as the doorbell impatiently rang repeatedly.
"Oh man, this won't end well…" Shoji spoke, the rest of the students were worried as well.
"I hope they will be friends with Bumblebee like Spike…" Eri said as she climbed onto Mirio's lap.
Once Ronald answered the door and asked who is it, the man in black quickly replied that they're the government, flashing his badge as he finished by saying "Sector Seven", which Ronald replied he's never heard of it.
"Sector Seven…so they revealed themselves now…" Nezu said, knowing the group was teased right at the beginning in Qatar.
Hearing the agent reply to Ronald's response by saying "he never will" everyone suddenly felt chills run up their spines.
"Oh, I know what kind of agency this Sector Seven is now…" Dabi dryly remarked, "They're the kind that will silence people permanently, the ones who make you disappear for knowing too much…"
Hawks felt his chills intensify, he could confirm as much, as this Sector Seven was giving off the same vibes that the Hero Public Safety Commission, the same organization he works for.
Hearing the agent asking if Ronald's son was the great-grandson of Captain Archibald Witwicky, to the audience's humor of mispronouncing the last name, the agent pushed into the doorway while asking if they could enter the premises.
"Hey, hold on! Don't these guys need a warrant before barging into someone's home?" Kirishima asked, surprised at how pushy the agent was.
"Yes, even some government agents need warrants. But not all, some do have the authority to ignore customs if national security is at risk and there is probable cause. We know firsthand that America is ready to strike after Soccent was attacked, and that breach in the defense network on the president's plane while he was on board. Suffice to say, if they have high enough clearance, which they seem to have, they could just ignore the proper procedures if they are on the tail of a threat to national security…" Makoto explained as best as she could.
"That agent by the door does sum up a little later how much authority Sector Seven has…" Sean said as he remembered dealing with these kinds of agents, "You might even say they are like S.H.I.E.L.D. in that sense…"
"So, they're good guys?" Eri asked innocently, to which Rosa replied, "Technically they are, Eri. But because they don't realize it, Sector Seven are just more antagonists for Spike, Mikaela, and the Autobots to deal with. Lots of people get them mixed up, but an antagonist does not equal a villain, and vice-versa. The titles are distinct and specific on what they are, that anyone who thinks they are one and the same are frankly morons for confusing them for being so…"
Quite a few people in the audience were offended, or lowered their heads in shame after overhearing that, but those who were offended held their tongues, unless they wished to have pain inflicted upon them.
1:17:37-1:18:39
The situation playing on the screen was an unusual paradox of being tense enough to keep everyone on edge, to also being funny enough to make everyone relax with laughter. Some were confused about how they could feel tense and relaxed at the same time, but they could not dwell on it, and just focused on the film.
Hearing the agent's response to Ronald asking what was going on as more agents entered through the front door, everyone could tell something was up…
"So, they are here because they believed a stolen car report made by a teenager, is involved in a national security matter?" Momo summarised, asking worriedly, "Are they real agents?"
Izanami answered, "Yes, they are legit, no worries about these guys being fake…you'll soon see why…"
"Heh…even now with his backyard destroyed, Mr. Witwicky has to whine to the agents about being on his grass…" Kamakiri chuckled, as the agent, now known as Agent Seymour Simmons gave orders on getting isotope readings.
Ibara flinched as every plant in the Witwicky's garden was being ripped up by the agents, Kyoka heard an all too familiar and distinct noise that really bugged her hearing. She saw she wasn't the only one as plenty of others noticed as well.
Ida was one of them as he recognized the noise, "Hmm…those sound like Geiger counters…"
His eyes widened as he asked, "Wait, are the Transformers radioactive?!"
Izanami shrugged as she answered, "Ehh…yes technically. They aren't radioactive enough to be harmful to humans, not any more than being exposed to direct sunlight. But, they are radioactive enough to trip some Geiger Counters, the reason they could is because of the Transformers' fuel source, Energon. There is also the fact that nine of them had just arrived from the vacuum of space and didn't wash the radiation off, well, except maybe Ironhide…"
Izuku made note of this as Judy Witwicky got angrier over the Sector Seven agent, demanding that they get their hands off her bush, holding the bat like she was going to crack some skulls with it. A sentiment shared by the resident religious girl, looking more perturbed as the scene played out.
"Oh, she better not assault an agent, that's basically the same thing as assaulting an officer of the law. And given the authority Sector Seven has, she could easily be killed for getting in the way of national security matters…" Tsukauchi remarked calmly, despite nervous sweat forming on his forehead.
Agent Simmons grabbed the bat from Judy while warning her quite plainly that he is carrying a loaded weapon, handing the bat to another agent standing behind him.
"He's basically threatening her life by saying that…" All Might balked, to which Sean replied, "It is within his rights, despite what you may think, some agents do have the authority to warn uncooperative civilians they are carrying a loaded weapon. It's like a dog baring its fangs when threatened, it is a warning that all but the highest-level agents must follow. He could easily just shoot her and be done with it, but that is not what he's here for…"
Everyone got a little more nervous for the Witwickies when the matriarch of the family bluntly told Simmons that he better get the other agents out of her garden or she'll beat the crap out of them.
"Heh…the fact he threatened her and she still snapped back with a threat of her own…Judy Witwicky has my respect…" Bakugo smirked, liking how much of a backbone Spike's mom has to flat-out threaten a government agent to his face after he threatened her.
"Yeah, Mrs. Witwicky has some backbone…" Midnight nodded in approval, knowing she would do the same if this happened to her.
Everyone recoiled in a bit of laughter as Simmons asked if she was experiencing anything like aching joints or flu-like symptoms, while shining a light into her face.
Recovery Girl remarked, "Oh I see…he's checking for the symptoms of radiation poisoning…"
Spike and Mikaela soon entered the room with Simmons asking with a smile if the boy was Spike, and saying he was, Simmons asked him to come with them.
Ronald and Judy got in between their son and Agent Simmons as everyone could tell this was going to go south soon. Everyone was quiet throughout the exchange until Simmons's comment on Mojo prompted Kaminari to remark…
"Hey, he's right, Mojo does look like that Taco Bell dog mascot! That's a little funny…"
David Shield remarked, "Wow, the resemblance is almost uncanny…"
"The dog's actual name off camera is Chester if you are wondering, he was in Beverly Hills Chihuahua…" Izanami playfully pointed out.
"Wait a minute, what operation!?" Setsuna shouted in confusion, with Sato adding, "Heck if I know…"
"Anyone else getting the feeling that Simmons is…uh…not quite right in the head…?" Fuyumi asked everyone, with Spinner speaking up, "I feel it, he looks crazy, like a conspiracy theorist…"
"Yeah, something about this guy just screams crazy…" Jurota added, getting goosebumps.
1:18:39-1:19:11
With Simmons' remark about what they will find out in response to Ronald asking what operation, another agent walked up to Simmons and whispered that he thinks Spike had direct contact with whatever they were at the house for.
Setsuna looked at the agent whispering to Simmons and remarked with surprise, "Hey! That agent next to Simmons! That's that maintenance guy from that old Disney Channel show! The one with the twins, what's it called…?"
"The Suite Life of Zach & Cody?" Sean replied, "It is the same actor, his name is Brian Patrick Stepanek, and the character he played in the aforementioned show is named Arwin Hawkhauser…"
"Oh yeah! That janitor slash inventor guy! I remember him, he was funny with Moseby…" Kaminari laughed as he remembered some of the antics the characters went through.
Everyone's attention was soon focused back on the film when Simmon's non-verbally asked if that's true, to which Agent Stepanek (for a lack of a proper name) nodded with absolute confirmation.
"Direct contact, what does Stepanek mean with…oh…Oh! That's going to end badly for Spike…" Ragdoll began to ask until it clicked.
The Geiger Counter went crazy as Simmons remarked 14 rads, then said to tag them and bag them. Some knew immediately what was going on, others were confused but were got up to speed. The scene showed the Witwickies and Mikaela being arrested, with Judy shouting if they hurt her dog, she'll kick their a*s, earning laughter from the audience as Mojo was being led by an agent holding a pole they've seen animal control use to capture animals like big cats or possums.
Hearing what Ronald said to Spike, Tsuyu remarked, "I don't think a lawyer will help you with these guys, ribbit…"
1:19:11-1:20:03
The Suburbans drove away, past a complex of some sort as Simmons began talking to Spike and Mikaela, first by asking Spike if "Ladiesman217" was his eBay username, pulling out a cell phone from an evidence bag.
"You don't think…" Toru asked her classmates, to which Ojiro replied immediately, "I think it is…"
"Spike's phone…" Ochako commented quietly, as Spike and Mikaela tried to deflect Simmons' interrogation.
Rosa heard the recording of Spike and noted to herself aloud, "Oh, okay. It sounds just like his recording back then and didn't sound different like in the vanilla version I know. That's a relief…"
Hearing Mikaela remark that the voice on the phone sounds like Ladiesman217, and Spike insisting his stolen car report was a huge misunderstanding, Tiger remarked, "If the fact the police keep files on every report, eyewitness accounts, and clear evidence on that phone, then that is some huge misunderstanding boy…"
"I agree, you should exercise your right to remain silent at this point…" Pony said, to which Makoto replied, "That only works for cops, government agents won't allow you to remain silent, especially involving national security matters…"
Everyone raised their eyebrows in confusion when Simmons asked to be enlightened when Spike reported to the police station that Spike's car transformed.
"No, Spike only said the car just stood up. He never said that it transformed, unless…" Momo wondered, with Itsuka finishing her thoughts, "…They know about the Transformers already…"
Nezu commented, "It makes sense that Sector Seven might have some knowledge of the Transformers, considering that Project Iceman, or actually Megatron, is directly tied to the agency. The only question I have is in what capacity…"
When Spike said that it was fine now because his car came back, and Mikaela corrected him about how it didn't come back by itself, everyone knew that he just exposed themselves and that they knew more than they let on.
"Spike just dug his grave…" Mr. Compress sighed, he could come up with a better lie if he was in Spike's shoes.
Once Mikaela finished her statement about cars coming back by themselves would be crazy and the car erupted with laughter, everyone couldn't help but laugh themselves.
1:20:03-1:20:28
Hearing Simmons go from laughing to dead serious when he asked the two teens what they know about aliens, the tonal shift was jarring.
Kyoka remarked with a little worry, "Wow, he flipped tones on a dime…That's a little concerning…"
"At least Spike and Mikaela are trying to keep the agents out of the Autobots' air, the last thing Optimus and the others need are humans after them…" Sero commented, with Mikaela remarking that aliens are an urban legend.
"I mean, until now, we thought aliens only existed in movies back in our world…" Melissa shrugged with a nervous smile.
"General rule of thumb regarding the universe…" Izanami stated matter-of-factly, "…The universe is so massive, that it is mathematically impossible to say life exists solely on Earth. It's almost a fact in any given universe or reality said universe dwells. There's life elsewhere in the Solar System alone, just not intelligent life…"
"Oh! So there is life elsewhere in the Solar System! That's neat to know!" Momo remarked, with David adding, "That's a bit of common knowledge nowadays, like certain types of fungi under Mars' surface…"
The attention was redirected to the screen when Simmons flashed his badge and said that it was…
"…A do-whatever-you-want-and-get-away-with-it badge?" Ida questioned, "That doesn't seem possible…"
"It's more possible than you think, Ida…" Sean replied, "There are stipulations and restrictions, but generally, a few agents and government organizations do technically have the authority to 'do whatever they want and get away with it' but as stated before, there are stipulations. Agents who earn such privileges, generally do not abuse that level of authority…"
"I wish I had that badge…makes it all the easier to destroy All Might with it…" Shigaraki commented, wishing he had a badge like that.
"I would be able to become anyone I love with that badge…" Toga said, as it is clear she was thinking about how many more friends she could have with that badge's authority.
"Again, government agents and officials have to earn that authority, and the only time they could use that whole privilege the badge gives Simmons is national security issues, and even then there are risks on that authority being revoked…" Rosa stated to the villains, who all collectively grumbled that she had a point.
Mikaela remarking to Spike that he shouldn't listen to the agent and gave a witty insult, made Bakugo smirk with satisfaction, he has to remember that remark.
"Banes has officially earned my respect…" Bakugo remarked, violently rebuffing the teasing remarked by the guys, particularly the class perverts, about him crushing on Megan Fox…
Whether he does or not is entirely up to your imagination…
But everyone fell silent when Simmons spoke directly at Mikaela, and gave a very clear, yet confusing threat…
1:20:28-1:20:54
Everyone fell deathly silent when Agent Simmons said that to Mikaela, Izuku even stopped writing in his notebook as he stared at the screen. Everyone was especially shocked when Mikaela's face showed visible worry, like it was a secret she didn't want getting out.
Mina gasped out a question, "Wh-wh-what is he talking about?! Parole?!"
Toru added to the questions, "Why is Mikaela's dad getting an upcoming parole…?"
Izuku realized a few clues from earlier in the movie, but he didn't have enough evidence to draw a conclusive answer, but a partial one would come from Ida, remarking, "Mikaela's father…is a criminal…"
Spike was visibly confused as he asked parole, like it was a foreign word, and Mikaela quickly denying it was nothing, didn't sit well with the heroes-in-training. But everyone soon knew the truth when Simmons asked that a grand theft auto is nothing in response to Mikaela's denial.
"Grand theft auto?!" Izuku questioned as he pieced together a very unpleasant picture of Mikaela's family life.
Hearing Mikaela explain how she learned how to fix cars, everyone grew concerned, especially as Simmons pointed out that Mikaela has her own juvenile record as proof of being an accomplice to her dad's grand theft auto.
"Oh my, one of the heroes is, in fact, a criminal…" AFO teased, only or Rosa to interrupt him by saying, "There is an explanation for why Mikaela has a juvie record, just wait and see…"
"What explanation is there? She is a criminal…" Vlad began to argue, only for Izanami to say, "I suggest you wait and see for now. Kindly hold your rebuttals after the explanation…"
Ochako felt deeply connected to Mikaela's living situation, and worriedly wondered what her life would be if her father was a criminal, and they had so little money that he had to take her along with his crimes.
Izuku noticed Ochako's feelings on the matter and offered her his hand to hold, which when she noticed, greatly appreciated the gesture and took it.
Mina shuddered at Simmons' remark about criminals being hot, likely not to be taken seriously, but she said, "Yeesh! I do not want to know what that guy's thinking when he said that and where he's looking…"
"He sounded like a pedophile…" Kyoka added, wrapping her arms around herself defensively, ignoring Kaminari's attempts to calm her.
"FYI, guys…" Izanami noted to everyone, "Simmons is not a pedophile, he was making a remark on a tv trope of the times when some criminals are portrayed to being very attractive. Does 'Catwoman' ring any bells?"
Everyone sighed as the unintentionally uncomfortable scene was clarified, but glared at Simmons when he was making an offensive joke about Mikaela's father being in jail, and saying it would be a real shame if he rotted in prison for the rest of his life.
But once the camera focused on the Geiger Counter on the dashboard and it going off like with Spike, everyone soon began to smile as it likely meant, the Autobots were going to rescue Spike and Mikaela.
1:20:54-1:21:25
Soon enough, a familiar form reached in front of the moving vehicle and with a loud crash, stopped the Suburban in its tracks. The other vehicles in the convoy screeched to a halt as well, with a few crashing into the legs of Optimus Prime.
Simmons and Stepanek panicking made everyone laugh in satisfaction, after that comment, they felt Simmons getting scared was justified.
As the scene played out, Rosa noticed and commented, "This is moving faster than our version, and it is not as dragged out in said version. Optimus is even not scaring or threatening the lives of the passengers in the van as well…"
Izuku noted this as the scene played out, Optimus stepped onto the hood of the van, then grabbed the roof of the car (like in the vanilla version of the movie), and he wasted no time in tearing the roof off the car (unlike the vanilla version of the film, where he lifted the car and tore the roof off as the car dropped, this version, he tore it off while the car was still on the ground…)
"The light! It hurts!" Dark Shadow cried out as Tokoyami said, "A bright light shines forth to light the way…"
1:21:25-1:22:25
Dark Shadow cringed and cried that the lights from Optimus were very bright that it burns, Optimus soon dimmed them and tossed away the torn roof of the vehicle.
"You a-holes are in a lot of trouble now…" Spike said as he introduced them, "Gentlemen, let me introduce you to my friend…Optimus Prime…"
"Holy cow the music is awesome!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed, with Kyoka adding, "Oh yeah, you bet it's awesome…"
"Ooooooooh…He's so dreamy for an alien robot…" Midnight purred with arousal, Pixie Bob joining in by whining, "Why does he have to be metal? He's my dream guy…!"
Optimus Prime said to the agents as they all aimed their guns at him, "Taking the children and threatening them, was not the wisest choice…Autobots, relieve them of their weapons…"
Soon enough Ironhide, Jazz, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Arcee, Chromia, and Longarm surrounded the Sector Seven agents, weapons trained on them as Ironhide barked out aggressively at them to lower their guns.
"That voice…that's a 'listen or pay' voice right there…!" Awase said with a huge grin on his face.
Jazz flicked his wrist as his hand opened up and a metallic humming sound came from it. He said, "Give me those…" and then his wrist rotated like a rotor as blue beams shot out and latched onto the guns, all of them magnetic to his open palm as he then crushed all the guns in his grasp, saying, "Didn't your mothers tell you that pointing your guns at people is rude…?"
"Like we're one to talk…" Chromia snidely remarked, her sniper rifle trained on Simmons.
"Oh, the pain…" Snipe clutched his heart and reeled at seeing Jazz grapple the guns and then crush them in his palm.
Unlike Snipe, the rest of the adults laughed at Chromia's snide remark to Jazz's quip, it was perfectly timed.
Sean said to Mirio, "Hey Togata, the secret to telling good jokes is timing and knowing your audience. If you don't do either, your jokes will fall flat…"
Mirio made a mental note on this piece of advice, while his friend, Tamaki Amajiki shuddered as he thought, 'Oh no, Hashimoto has created a monster…'
Everyone soon had their attention focused on Simmons, and Stepanek as they looked at Optimus, Simmons casually saying "Hi, there" while his hands were up in surrender.
"You don't seem afraid of our presence…" Optimus noted, with Arcee remarking, "You guys not surprised to see us, or are all of you flight-deficient?"
"There are girls now?" Simmons let slip under his breath, but responded to the Autobot leader, "Well…Look, there are S-Seven protocols, okay? I'm not authorized to communicate with you, except to tell you I can't communicate with you…"
"What happened to 'do-whatever-you-want-and-get-away-with-it' you spoke of earlier, agent…?" Natsuo and Dabi remarked snidely at the same time.
"That's an oxymoron if I ever heard one. Not being authorized to communicate except to say you can't communicate…?" Momo questioned, still thinking about what Optimus pointed out earlier.
"He was being antagonistic earlier, but Simmons and the rest of the agents were just doing their jobs. It even means that they can't really answer questions without being told to tell them. Most of the time, government agents follow the example of the British guards, silent and unmoving." Izanagi said bluntly, explaining things to everyone.
1:22:25-1:23:22
"Get out of the car. I will not ask a second time…" Optimus said with a calm, icy tone, and a piercing look that sent shivers up the agents' backs…
…and everyone else recoiled as they felt the same shiver up their spines, Midnight and Pixie Bob both out of fear, sure, but also arousal.
"That's a look and voice you do not want to be a joker with and do the opposite of what he's telling you…" Kaminari remarked, feeling the stare bore straight into his soul.
Rosa shivered as she commented, "That is definitely the Optimus whose patience has run out. Still sends shivers, even in this new version…"
All For One felt the icy chill of fear grip his black heart, he knew Optimus, unlike every pro-hero back home or here, he was someone who will not hesitate to end him if he threatened peace, and was pleased that Optimus didn't exist in his universe. The centuries-old man knew he would likely be killed if he confronted the Autobot leader. He knew that as far as philosophy is concerned, Optimus Prime would be his true nemesis instead of All Might.
"Me? You want me to get…" Simmons stuttered out a question, which was interrupted by Ironhide roaring, "Now, meatbags!"
"Oof! Better listen to someone with the biggest guns in the group!" Kamikiri joked, he liked Ironhide's fierce demeanor.
As the passengers of the totaled van stepped out, Mikaela rushed up to Spike's back and fiddled with his handcuffs. But they chuckled as Simmons made a remark how impressive it was that the Autobots put them down without killing them.
"Oh…she knows how to get out of handcuffs…she's definitely a criminal, as Simmons pointed out…" Midnight remarked with Spike noting that as well, with Mikaela responding he wasn't supposed to hear that, sounding really hurt in her voice.
"She's clearly upset over that threat Simmons gave her, and now we know why Mikaela Banes seemed to have those personal deals with earlier in the film…" Izuku noted as he finished writing out the full story about Mikaela's childhood.
Amongst Simmons talking to his agents about engaging the Autobots, everyone soon heard Mikaela explain why she has a juvie record, and remarked in that same hurt tone the difference in their living situations. And for a lot of the kids, and some of the adults, they perfectly understood why.
"So, Mikaela has a record because she wouldn't turn her father in, because she didn't want him missing in her life? I get it, on some level, but I have to ask why though…" Mina asked, with a lot of her fellow students shrugging as they don't have an answer.
"For some, family is more important than doing what is morally right…" Sean said, "Mikaela loves and cares for her father, and he certainly cares for her as much as she does him. Some criminals, not all, are driven to crime out of desperation, usually for their own survival, other times it's for the survival of their family. A criminal robbing a bank may be doing so to get money for treatment for his/her sick child, and the procedure is very expensive. For your future heroes, I think it is very important to distinguish who needs a butt-kicking, and who you should extend a hand out to help. If you treat everyone like how you would, and probably should, treat folks like the Darth Vader wannabe here, well how are you any better than those criminals you are sworn to stop…"
Sean looked directly at Bakugo as he finished that statement, the explosive pomeranian growling softly as he hated to admit that Sean was right, especially now after being in this theater, and the stuff they've seen so far.
Izanami pointed out, "You may want to keep what Hashimoto said in mind once Kiddo returns to continue the MCU. There is one movie that does delve a little into what he just said, if you haven't seen Spider-Man 3 yet…"
They soon recalled the film mentioned, Flint Marko aka the Sandman, a criminal driven to desperation to provide his daughter with money needed for her medical treatment. They felt sorry for him, especially as he harbored immense guilt over his role in Ben Parker's death, then forgiven by the man's nephew, Spider-Man himself.
Hearing Simmons remarking how there are big guys with big guns brought their attention back to the screen, as Spike and Mikaela started their own interrogation of Simmons.
"Could you face federal charges just by touching a government agent?" Kaminari asked, to which Tsukauchi answered plainly, "No, not unless you assault them or not warn them, like if you grab them to get their attention without warning…"
"Oh, the irony of it all…" Kurogiri chuckled as Spike rebounded what Simmons said about his badge, then what Simmons remarked regarding Spike's bravery with his alien friends standing over them.
"Yes, we would like to know where Sector Seven's base is, considering you guys likely have the Allspark and Megatron there…" Mandalay commented, Kota worried about the Autobots getting the Allspark to fix their broken world.
"Huh? What is Bumblebee doing?" Yui and Tsuyu asked at the same time…
1:23:22-1:23:33
Bumblebee started, what looked like pissing on Agent Simmons, to the laughter of most of the teenagers and younger, a few adult let out a few chuckles as well, as Simmons and Stepanek did not appreciate it with the former asking him to stop.
"Bumblebee, stop lubricating the human…" Optimus ordered sternly, which prompted Chromia to slap the scout at the back of his head once he stopped, and asked, "What is wrong with your head for thinking that was called for, Bee?"
"That's the youngster in Bumblebee for sure…" Present Mic snickered, while Aizawa groaned with disappointment and frustration, he agreed with Chromia and wanted to slap the scout in the head like she did.
"Oh boy, and here I was hoping this version wouldn't have this scene…" Rosa remarked as she shook her head in disapproval, "…Guess Michael Bay's style of teenage humor sticks like a foul odor, no matter the reality…"
They soon see most of the agents, minus Simmons and Stepanek, corralled together as Spike handcuffed them to each other into a chain. Then see Mikaela walk up to Agent Simmons to talk to him…
1:23:33-1:24:11
Once Mikaela ordered Simmons to take off all his clothes for threatening her dad, some of the students felt it was partially what he deserved for the act.
Hearing Simmons say it was the beginning of the end of her life as he began stripping into his undergarments, everyone laughed as they saw a parody of Superman's "S" in a diamond, but it had the "S" of Sector, and the number seven on his undershirt. He then took off his pants revealing underwear with a Hawaii-themed print on it.
"Those are nice underpants…" Mina giggled as she said the first three words at the same time as Mikaela on the screen.
As Mikaela told Simmons to get behind the pole, Spike cuffed Simmons to the pole, then attached another set of cuffs to connect Simmons with the line of agents.
"There's something a little amusing about seen jerks in the government get their just desserts…" Present Mic said, with Midnight agreeing with him.
Hearing Stepanek remark how their actions were such a felony, Tsukauchi and Makoto remarked at the same time, "He's technically not wrong…"
"What is that extra thinking? Is he the other extra's yes man or something…?" Bakugo groaned as Simmons warned he will hunt them down with no remorse, and Stepanek parroted his words like an annoying echo.
Everyone laughed, but then became quiet once they heard Simmons and Stepanek talk with each other.
"Wait, what does he mean they already know?" Mina asked in a worried tone.
"Is it not clear, Class 1-A?" Monoma asked Mina, careful not to sound like a jerk after being called out by it.
1:24:11-1:24:50
"Oh, crap! The rest of Sector Seven know…!" Setsuna cursed, seeing Stepanek holding an active cell phone in his hand.
Soon enough, the music picked up and the scene showed more vans and now helicopters rushing over to Simmons' group's location.
One chopper arrived sooner than the rest as a sniper loaded a bullet into the gun, then aimed at Optimus' lower torso. The sniper then pulled the trigger and the bullet hit it's mark as sparks of electricity surged from the bullet onto the Autobot leader.
"What a shot…" Snipe remarked, as he tipped his hat in respect of the marksman.
Optimus crouched down and clutched his side in pain after he got shot at by a sniper on one of the choppers.
"Optimus!" Izuku cried out in a panic, most of the other audience members who liked Optimus Prime were just as worried and cried out in worry as well.
Ratchet rushed over to Optimus as Ironhide, Jazz, and Arcee faced the oncoming Suburbans, weapons trained on the vehicles, but Ironhide had another idea as he punched and shot at the ground at an angle, and it sent a shockwave of energy that burst the tires and undercarriages of the vehicles. The government vehicles swerved and screeched to a halt as sparks flew out from under the Suburbans.
"How bad is it, Doc…?" Arcee asked Ratchet, to which the medic replied, "Just a shock bullet, Prime will live, but his T-cog was jostled by the impact. It will take a bit of time before he could transform again…"
"Autobots, fall back! Avoid capture and take the children with you! I will be right behind you…" Optimus ordered the rest of his troops.
"Oh thank god Optimus wasn't badly hurt." Mina sighed with relief as she unintentionally leaned onto Kirishima.
Momo however stated, "But as Ratchet said, Optimus' T-cog was jostled when that stun-bullet struck him, disabling his ability to transform, which would be very inconvenient for him…"
Chromia soon aimed her rifle at the chopper, then fired a bullet in such a way that the helicopter's engine sputter and smoke, then the air vehicle became wedged between the bridge tussles, the crew inside the helicopter unconscious but unharmed.
"Whoo! Chromia has my seal of approval along with Hawkeye!" Snipe cheered, "That was an incredible shot, I would have a hard time pulling the same stunt, even with my quirk…"
But the victory was short-lived as homing missiles screech toward the Autobots. Chromia and Ironhide shooting the missiles out of the sky. Jazz said, "We gotta bounce Autobots, double time!" and the seven Autobots shifted into their alt-modes and peeled off, generating a smokescreen, and unintentionally leaving Spike and Mikaela behind.
"Crap! Those two got left behind!" Sato cursed, stomping his fist into his chair's armrests.
"This just got more complicated…" Aizawa said as Optimus noticed the two teens and decided he will help them escape on foot, as the fact he cannot transform at the moment was still in their heads.
1:24:50-1:25:41
Optimus crouched down and held out his hand low enough for Spike and Mikaela to notice, the Transformer telling them, "Climb on you two, I will try to help you escape…"
Optimus activated his battle mask as the two teens climbed onto his shoulder, then the Autobot broke out into a jog as the Sector Seven helicopters chased him into a busy City Street. This was exciting for all the children and some of the adults, especially with the music elevating the tense, yet exciting sequence.
Aizawa grumbled as Optimus quickly, but expertly, ran past the driving cars and buses, while not crashing or crushing them underfoot. He said as some of the Sector Seven choppers fired nets of some kind at Optimus, "Optimus made a huge mistake by fleeing in a busy street, while he is watching his step, he is still causing collateral damage outside of his weight caving in the pavement. He's also causing collateral damage by being a target to Sector Seven, and endangering Witwicky and Banes' lives…"
"At least he's not crushing the pedestrians and drivers…" All Might tried to defend, but even he found his attempt pitiful.
Once Optimus rounded a corner, he vanished as he created a smokescreen by stomping the ground near a sewer drain, and kicking up a huge billow of smoke. The helicopter pilots tracking Optimus lost track of him as he completely vanished.
"Wow, did not know guys that big could vanish like ninjas…" Kaminari remarked, the others agreeing as the pilots conducted their search by a nearby bridge.
1:25:41-1:26:28
As one helicopter reached the nearby bridge, it descended below it, where through the bridge's support struts, everyone saw Optimus Prime holding on in-between trusses.
"Holy–!" Mineta exclaimed, "H-how he get under there so fast!"
"Who cares! Optimus Prime is awesome!" Kota cheered, Mandalay was glad that he is clearly a fan of Optimus, she would even admit he was quickly becoming a favorite of hers as well.
The Shimano siblings shared the sentiment, seeing Optimus value human life enough to not actively try and hurt humans.
The helicopter passed under the bridge as Bumblebee suddenly stopped following the other Autobots, then swerved away at breakneck speeds along the drainage gully that lead to the bridge.
"What's up with Bumblebee?" Pony asked, with Toru guessing, "Maybe he senses something wrong…"
"Considering we are seeing this universe as a film, chances are guaranteed that something is going to go wrong…" Kamikiri replied, his senses on alert as the scene cut back to Optimus, Spike, and Mikaela.
"Easy you two, we are not out of the woods yet…" Optimus Prime said to Spike and Mikaela as they held onto his shoulder.
"Oh man, I hope the trusses aren't wet or slippery…" Mina said as she could somewhat understand the precarious position the Autobot commander is placed in.
Then it happened, as two helicopters made a pass directly under the hiding Autobot, Mikaela's grip slipped and she and Spike were hanging onto Optimus' smokestacks, Spike was at least. Mikaela was panicking as she held onto the sleeve of Spike's sweatshirt for dear life. Mikaela is a few feet from the rotor blades of the first one.
All the pro-heroes and hero students lurched forward in a knee-jerk reaction upon hearing Mikaela's panicked cries, all the girls gasped as they felt the terror the girl felt.
"Oh no! She's slipping! Someone save her!" Ochako exclaimed, and Midoriya nearly leaped towards the screen, until Sean appeared and seemingly with little effort, pinned the boy to his seat, even though he was going at 20% of One For All.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Easy there boy. We don't need you crashing through the screen and into a wall like a cartoon character, right? Relax, Mikaela and Spike are not going to die…" he soothed the boy, which sort of worked as Izuku was still tense over the situation.
"I'm conflicted…" Toga mused, "I want to see blood, but I don't want my fellow crime-ie-friend to die…"
"She's too pretty to be mincemeat!" Mineta cried out.
The scene cut away to show Bumblebee rushing down along the river, engine roaring loudly, everyone soon saw that, if Spike and Mikaela lose their grip on Optimus, Bumblebee has to be the one to save them.
"Please hurry Bumblebee! Don't let the not-pretty/pretty girl become road pizza!" Twice said as both of his voices agreed that Bumblebee should save the teenagers.
"Come on, Bee…faster!" Kyoka whimpered with worry, relaxing somewhat when Kaminari held one of her clenched fists.
But Spike's grip slipped and Mikaela screamed as she and Spike fell, Optimus exclaimed "Hold on" to them and swung his feet down for them to catch, but the two bounced and lost their chance to grip onto the Autobot's foot.
Most of the teens screamed or shouted with fright, best summarized by Mina screeching, "I Can't Watch!" and burying her face into Kirishima's shoulder.
"They're gonna die!" Toru screamed as she tried to cover her eyes, the Big Three also covered the children's eyes in case it ends messy.
"NO! BUMBLEBEE! CATCH THEM!" Ida practically screamed as he shot up out of his seat and stood straight, cursing in his mind that this was a film, otherwise, he would leap into the screen to save Spike and Mikaela.
1:26:28-1:26:38
Spike and Mikaela continued to fall to their deaths, but a few whirring noises made those trying to not look peek at the screen. Like a rocket, Bumblebee transformed into robot mode and caught Spike and Mikaela, sliding across the pavement on his stomach, both humans unharmed.
"YEEEESSSSS!" Everyone who was worried about the two teens erupted in cheers as Bumblebee succeeded in catching the two unharmed.
"Oh thank goodness…" Momo sighed with relief, her hand over her rapidly beating heart.
"Yes! Thank You Bumblebee! You're My Favorite Autobot Again!" Mina cheered happily as she bounced with joy, Kirishima in her embrace looking confused, but happy that Bumblebee pulled off a manly save.
Izuku let out a huge sigh of relief, his body relaxed, only to stiffen again when Ochako hugged the green-haired boy in her joy and relief.
"Told you, Midoriya…" Sean said, hugging his wife with one arm, as she looked tense herself, but not as tense as everyone else.
Rosa smiled to hide a worried expression as she thought, 'You may not be ready to see what happens next, if this upcoming scene is just like the one from my version…'
Everyone then noticed a case fly across the pavement of the river bank, and Archibald Witwicky's glasses landed on the ground, luckily they didn't break.
Everyone did notice the glasses, but didn't have time to dwell on it as several helicopters headed for the bridge, one of the pilots noting that they have 'him' pinned by the river.
Everyone's worry returned with a vengeance, once the pilots spotted Bumblebee…
"Oh no…" Ragdoll whimpered softly.
1:26:38-1:27:07
An agent sat on the open side of the helicopter, armed with a mounted harpoon-like weapon, and aimed it at the yellow Autobot.
"No, don't!" Mei wailed with worry, overlapping with Spike shouting at the agents to stop.
Bumblebee got in front of Spike and Mikaela in a defensive posture, reaching his hand out as the harpoon fired. It exploded into a bolas-like tool and wrapped around Bumblebee's wrist, a tether attached to the bolas to the helicopter's harpoon.
Optimus saw this and readied to leap down to rescue his scout, but a surge of electricity from where he was shot earlier paralyzed him and he winced in pain. He was unable to move an inch and was forced to watch Sector Seven restrain Bumblebee, crying out in pain as he was forced onto the ground restrained.
Rosa noticed and thought, 'So that was why Optimus allowed Bumblebee to be captured, at least in this version…'
"No stop! He's not your enemy!" Itsuka yelled at the government agents, as more Sector Seven agents pulled up in vans towards Bumblebee.
"Oh no…" Kyoka whispered to herself, the music taking on a somber tone.
1:27:07-1:28:12
The rest of Sector Seven arrived at the bridge, Spike and Mikaela held up their hands in surrender as agents with guns arrived to arrest them.
"Stop hurting him! He's not fighting back! Please!" Mei cried as tears formed in her eyes, unable to bear Bumblebee getting hurt any longer.
Melissa clutched to her father and adoptive uncle as the two men soothed her, the four children didn't take to seeing good guys hurting another good guy because of a misunderstanding, and clung to their guardians.
Izuku was just as upset, but the hero in him could see how hard Mei Hatsume was taking it, so he let himself be hugged by her to comfort the support course inventor. Ochako didn't mind Izuku being close to another girl for once as she joined Izuku in comforting Mei.
Everyone was quiet throughout the entire scene, their breaths hitching only once, when Sector Seven blasted frigid air at Bumblebee, hearing him whimper and shiver, and seeing his face, really got to the empathetic teens and children. Bumblebee's face showed that he was not only in pain, but he was also scared. Some of the girls started to cry seeing Bumblebee so scared, especially as he started to lose consciousness and slump unmoving outside of a shiver.
It definitely clicked in their minds the earlier revelation that the Transformers were living beings like humans, despite being made of metal. They could feel emotions, they could feel pain and fear, but it also meant…they could die…
Izanami said as she noticed more than a few audience members ready to screw caution to the wind and try to rescue Bumblebee once they saw him stop moving, "Don't worry everyone, Bumblebee's not dead, the cold has put him under a natural defense mechanism his species have called a stasis lock. He's not in any danger of his life ending, for now at least…"
Everyone relaxed a little after hearing that, but it didn't make the scene any better seeing Bumblebee suffering. Especially once the music crescendoed at Spike breaking free from the agents and ripping one of the cold air blasters from one of the agents and redirecting it at its user, but it was wrestled out of Spike's grasp, as he was restrained and was guided away from Bumblebee…
"Bumblebee…no…" Mei whimpered so softly, one would swear Mei looked like a sad puppy at that moment, enough to break the hearts of even the most hardened individuals.
1:28:12-1:28:57
Everyone soon saw Agent Seymour Simmons, in pants and a bulletproof vest, looking smug (in truth, he had a straight face, but the audience didn't realize it), and their blood boiled with fury as he asked Spike if he was happy to see him again.
"Shut the f*ck up, you motherf*cker!" Bakugo snarled out, he wanted to blast his face off so badly.
Even the villains felt protective of Bumblebee like the heroes, they knew at this moment that if they had the opportunity to kill Agent Simmons and the rest of Sector Seven, they would jump at the opportunity, and do so in an 'oh-so-satisfying' way.
Once Simmons ordered the other agents to put Spike in the back of one of the vans with Mikaela, the two teens sighed in depression over the current circumstances and worried about Bumblebee. Once Simmons took a quick look at the surrounding area, he turned around and exclaimed like it was business as usual to wrap it up, wanting Bumblebee frozen for transit back to base.
Optimus looked on from his perch, having regained mobility once again, but looked at Bumblebee with regret in his eyes as Sector Seven, with Bumblebee in tow, left for the organization's base.
Aizawa knew exactly what was going on in the commander's head, while Mina whimpered out a question, "Why isn't Optimus rescuing Bumblebee?"
The four children cried as they wondered the same thing, but Aizawa answered calmly (while a bit bitter himself on the inside), "Miss Ashido, you are forgetting that this is a tricky situation, Optimus clearly doesn't want to harm any humans if his actions and words don't make it clear enough. He's not going to risk rescuing Bumblebee if it means that the humans will be harmed, even if it's Sector Seven, or the rest of them get captured…"
Along the river under Optimus, a familiar Lotus Elise and Nissan police car drove up. Chromia and Prowl transformed into robot mode with the sniper turning her arm into her sniper rifle, ready to shoot at the cables holding Bumblebee down.
"Chromia, stand down…" Prowl ordered, which reluctantly, Chromia complied as she transformed her rifle back into her arm.
Chromia replied with a frustrated, yet sad expression on her face, "He's too young, Prowl. Too young to be part of this war, and too young to endure whatever tortures those humans will put him through…"
Everyone felt the frustration clear as day in Chromia's voice, and her face. Although her biography as read by Present Mic said she was a violent sort, it seemed that Chromia was also just a bit of a mother-hen if her recent reply was any indication. But, they soon caught on to something else Chromia said…
"Too young?" Momo asked aloud, "What does she mean by too young?"
Rosa wanted to explain, but Izanagi held up a hand to her, saying he'll explain, and explain he did, "Bumblebee is considered very young by Cybertronian standards, as in depictions around and after this film was released, he is part of the last generation of Cybertronians born on Cybertron before it became incapable of supporting life and went dark with the Allspark's removal…"
"Oh no, so, he's a baby, like a literal baby?" Setsuna gasped, and Izanami's brother continued his explanation, "No, he's not an infant, the Cybertronian life cycle isn't like a human's, he's much younger than the rest of his teammates, that much is true. His youth by their standards would be analogous with a young adult of 20 at least in human terminology. One thing for certain is that he's too young to have known a Cybertron before the war…"
Everyone's hearts felt even heavier hearing that, hearing Bumblebee never knew what his home planet was like before the civil war the Transformers waged ruined Cybertron.
On top of the bridge, Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide, Sideswipe, Arcee, and Longarm arrived. Jazz and Arcee transform into robot mode, with Arcee looking at the departing government organization, Jazz told everyone else on the bridge, "Hang back, everyone. Let me check it out."
Jazz climbed down to under the bridge's supports and found Optimus hanging off of one of them, he soon asked his commanding officer, "Optimus sir, are we just going to stand here and do nothing? Are we not going to rescue them?"
"That is the million-yen question…" Spinner sighed sadly, he could tell that Optimus was a soldier first (a commander no less), and a hero second, so he had to make a hard decision.
Optimus Prime answered his lieutenant while reaching for another support like a jungle gym, "There's no way to free Bumblebee or the children, without bringing them or the humans harm."
Jazz replied to his commander's words with a slight argument, "But it's not right. He's just–…"
But Optimus cut him off by saying sternly, "Let them leave. It is the only thing we can do to not risk any harm befalling Bumblebee, or the children…"
Aizawa said to all the students, "You see that Optimus didn't want to make that call, but had to let Sector Seven walk away with Bumblebee, the Witwickies, and Banes. It's the only choice they have that won't endanger anyone's life."
Sean added to the little lesson after giving Nezu a telepathic confirmation, "Sometimes kids, you will be put into situations where the only thing you can do to not endanger any lives held hostage, is to let the villains walk away. Until a better plan comes along, it is sometimes the only thing you can do…"
Bakugo growled in frustration as he knew exactly what his teacher and Hashimoto were talking about because he was the hostage on two separate occasions. And he swallowed the bile that threatened to come up his throat.
Izuku made certain to note this advice down, but he personally disagreed, he would not hesitate if someone's life is in danger. He recalled the two times he failed in those hostage situations, and it made his stomach churn and twist recalling the more recent of the two. Seeing Optimus having to be forced to let Sector Seven capture Bumblebee, really didn't sit well with him, especially since both of these opposing forces in the past odd minutes were both good guys. But, he recalled that while Optimus is considered a hero on some level, he's a soldier first and foremost, a commander, he has to put the mission and the rest of his troops first before rescuing one soldier. The boy could tell that Optimus was exactly the kind of guy who would not leave anyone behind, like Captain America, but he knew that Bumblebee's situation was tricky, and Optimus, ultimately, made the right call…
"Hey, Optimus!" Chromia called to her leader, and he looked down, "You got to see this…"
"What did Chromia find…?" Momo asked, wiping the tears from her eyes over the depressing scene from before.
"Considering what we've seen so far…" Tsuyu Asui croaked in a whimper, Bumblebee's cries affecting her greatly, "…R-ribbit…it could only be one thing…"
1:28:57-1:29:08
The somber music gave a small glimmer of hope as the glasses were picked up by Chromia delicately, then handed to Optimus, who held them as delicately as Chromia and was silent. He and the rest of the Autobots looked toward the direction Bumblebee was taken, a contemplative determination on all of their faces…
"The glasses…" Izuku muttered sadly, still reeling over how Sector Seven dealt with capturing Bumblebee, Spike, and Mikaela.
Aizawa said with a low tone, "At the very least, the Autobots can now find the Allspark…"
All Might added as he could see the contemplative look in Optimus Prime's face, "I only hope Sector Seven will refocus on dealing with the real enemy, the Decepticons and their leader, Megatron…"
The audience could only hope by this point, that All Might's wish comes true, and the Autobots find the Allspark before the Decepticons do, especially with all of humanity at risk…
To Be Concluded…
In Part 3…
Author's Notes:
Okay, this is not a usual reaction chapter thing to do in the middle of the reaction in the middle part of a three-parter (oh god, get out of my head Lemillion!)
Moving on! I felt it necessary to speak a few things. First, what did you think of my choice of additional Autobots to come along with the original five, and their choice of vehicle modes?
Prowl and Arcee were a given as they were originally slated to appear in the first film, but got cut. Prowl because of Barricade, and Arcee because the ones in charge of making the film thought too hard. And given Acree made this cut of the film, I thought hard about which Autobot lady should join her (given that the universe this version of the film came from, Hasbro was unmoving in their decision on female Transformers), but given most of the logical inclusions came after this film (sorry Strongarm, Windblade, Rust Renegades, etc.) I thought about who would make sense in a small squad, and Chromia suddenly became the clear choice. I never liked the idea of Chromia transforming into an earth motorcycle, so I tried looking up beautiful cars from around the time the movie was being made. One name stood out and it became the clear choice for me at least (you have a suggestion for a better car for Chromia to turn into…?) Sideswipe was a sequel tease, and the fact that not counting Optimus, there was no red Autobot (Arcee's magenta, you agree?) but to be fair, Sideswipe would probably be some other vehicle in this film, then what he transforms into in the sequel. If you could provide me a fitting alternative, I will update it from a Concept Corvette Stingray, and replace it with the logical choice. Longarm was simple, a packaged toy in the original film toy line, and based on a prop that appeared during the film, yeah, I think that explains itself. Who do you think, given when this film was made, would voice the additional five Autobots?
The next thing is that, I'm having a little trouble thinking of what additional Decepticons to include for the climax (oh I am so sorry Present Mic for what I'm going to put you through…), I do have a general idea of who to include, but I am willing to take 2-to-3 suggestions from you readers of what Decepticons should join the likes of; Blackout, Brawl, Bonecrusher (gonna change that name FYI), Starscream, and Megatron in the final battle. Before anyone asks, no, Shockwave and Soundwave are exempt from being suggested, the most I could do is a small cameo with the latter (yes, the sequels are why, bite me! Damn Murder Drones, getting in my head). Any combiner is also out of being included, BUT, their component members are not, and the Seekers, in general, are also out, won't tell you why. Also, for the sake of personal continuity, and following the trend mentioned at the beginning, please don't suggest someone who appears after 2006, no matter how cool they are (trust me, I'll know if they do appear after that year…)
There's also…nah…never mind…that's just me having a brain fart moment for not getting enough sleep.
I'll see you for the finale of this first film…who knows when considering Zelda…
