Hello, bots and cons. Centurion Maximo here and welcome back to Transformers (2007): Rewritten. In the last chapter, two big events happened: Scorponok's battle with Captain Lennox and his soldiers back in the Qatar desert, and the Autobots' arrival to Earth. As I mentioned before, there are more Autobots in this rewrite than in the film. I have included Prowl, Arcee, and Chromia into my rewrite as the first two were supposed to be in the film, but got cut while Chromia doesn't get enough love in Transformers media.
weredeadpool: Yeah. It's crazy to think about it.
Guest: I actually didn't know that. Thanks for that little tidbit.
Now, back to action!
*Captain Lennox & Soldiers. Somewhere over the Atlantic. 05:21 am*
Lennox was by Fig's bedside with a sad expression. It was no secret that Fig was dying from Scorponok's attack. "Lennox…" Fig breathed, though his breathing was labored.
"I'm right here, Fig…" Lennox clasped Fig's hand softly.
"Please tell Mama that… I love her…" Fig requested softly.
"I will…" Lennox whispered as Donnelly, Burke, and Epps came up to the bed.
"S-So long, C-Captain…" Fig smiled weakly before his hand fell to his side as he finally died. Lennox clenched his eyes so as to not shed tears. The others looked down to the floor.
"So long, Fig…" Lennox muttered sadly. "We'll make sure your death isn't in vain…" He walked to Scorponok's tail which was strapped down to the max just in case something happened. "So, do we know what we've got here yet?"
"Best we can tell, it's a… self-regenerating molecular armor." Donnelly answered as he stared at the appendage.
"Look at the scorch mark where the sabot round hit. It seems to have melted right through." Lennox observed. "Epps, aren't sabots hot-loaded for a 6000 degree magnesium burn?"
"Close to it. It melts tank armor." Epps answered calmly.
"Then we need to let our forces know that we need high-heat sabot rounds. Recommend we load them on all the gunships. Go." Lennox ordered.
"You got it." Epps nodded as he walked off to do just that.
Burke sighed. "Poor Fig. What're we gonna tell his mama?" Lennox didn't know how to respond to Burke's question.
Sighing deeply, Lennox merely said "I'll inform Fig's mother when we have the chance to take some down time. I was his commanding officer, so it's my responsibility." With that, he walked off slowly and quietly not saying another word.
*Witwicky Residence, Massachusetts. 07:12 am*
It was a new day and time to begin the search for Archibald Witwicky's glasses. Spike and Sparkplug scoured the entire house looking for them. Every nook and cranny in the house was searched until Sparkplug found them in his personal library. However, since not only where the Autobots sans Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and Chromia were in vehicle mode in their driveway, and they had some time to kill, they decided to have a glass of juice and take a seat in their backyard to chat about how they connect with the Autobots. "I still can't believe this is even happening to us." Spike breathed.
"Believe it, son. That Ironhide fellow, he's kinda like me, you know? A grizzled, old soldier who has scars…" Sparkplug lamented for a minute, staring off into space for a minute. He subconsciously touched a scar on the left side of his head. "Plus, he likes Clint Eastwood."
Spike laughed lightly at the Clint Eastwood point. "Only you, Dad…" He then got back on track of the conversation. "I connect with Bumblebee. I think he aspires for big things like me. I could be right and I could be wrong, but he's like a brother I never had."
"Wow, Spike. I had no idea you two had connected that much." Sparkplug was kinda amazed at how quick Spike and Bumblebee connected with each other despite one being a human and the other being an alien robot.
"Sorry to interrupt you two." Optimus said, still in his truck mode. "Did you two find the glasses?"
"We have found them, Prime." Sparkplug smiled, holding them. "Spike and I just found time to chat about how this is happening to us."
"Aw, a father-son bonding…" Arcee lightly cooed. She was in her robot mode as there was not only no one else around at the moment, but she was also the smallest Autobot present.
"This means we finally have an advantage over the Decepticons." Ratchet said in a somewhat happy tone.
"We should still remain vigilant." Prowl reminded. "I researched your worlds' governments and they are paranoid beyond belief. There is a sect called Sector 7 that specializes in alien life and containment."
"Oh, yeah. I heard about them." Sparkplug rolled his eyes. "Conspiracy theorists. Believe in NBEs." Everyone, including Spike looked at Sparkplug who just shrugged his shoulders. "Non Biological Extraterrestrials."
"That's kind of a stupid acronym." Spike stated rather bluntly. "But this means you guys have to hide yourselves from them if you don't want to get captured."
"But at the same time, we have to remain on guard for any Decepticons." Ironhide reminded before he remembered something. "Optimus, you think the Decepti-creeps brought their Vehicon clone armies with them?"
"I wouldn't doubt that, Ironhide." Optimus answered.
Suddenly, an alarm in all the Autobots went off. "Oh, no. Vehicon Drones detected in the city." Prowl informed.
"Vehicons?" Spike and Sparkplug asked in confusion at the same time.
"Cannon fodder drones and a major backbone of the Decepticon army with multiple variants." Ratchet answered plainly.
"We have to stop them." Arcee said with conviction clenching a fist.
"Wait a minute!" Spike exclaimed. "What if Sector 7 is there just waiting to capture you guys?!"
Sparkplug put a hand on his son's shoulders. "Spike, I think they have to take that risk to help people in that area. The Autobots may be soldiers fighting a war, but they help people, first and foremost. Am I right?"
"A good way to say it, Mr. Witwicky. I'm impressed." Prowl complimented.
"Autobots, transform and roll out!" Optimus commanded. Arcee transformed to her motorcycle mode and they sped off toward the Decepticon signals.
When they reached the city with Spike and Sparkplug in tow, Prowl detected the same several Decepticon energy signatures. They were near an abandoned construction site where several orange and black Forklift Trucks suddenly transformed into small robots with the Decepticon symbol and single lenses for faces. "Are those Forklift Truck robots?" Spike asked.
"Oh, these are the smallest of the Vehicon Drones." Jazz added. "This'll be nothing, guys."
"I agree with Jazz. We'll blast them and be out before any Sector 7 guys know you're here." Sparkplug lightly smiled.
Right after Sparkplug said that however, a few olive green and gray cement mixer trucks transformed into a heavier type of Vehicon Drone, but with more armor. "You had to say something, didn't you, Dad?" Spike rolled his eyes at his father.
"Autobots: Do not transform unless absolutely necessary." Optimus ordered.
"Got it, Optimus." Arcee acknowledged.
Ironhide sighed in slight frustration and felt a need to remind his leader about the situation. "Prime, that might not be possible, given the number of Vehicon Drones here."
"Then we'll just have to do our best to follow his orders." Jazz cut in as he sped forward and provided a distraction for at least four Forklift Truck drones as said four droned immediately ran after the Autobot. This gave Ironhide the chance to simply run them over as they were smaller than him. It also helped that Jazz was faster than them. "No problem, 'Hide." Still in his Porsche mode, he raced back to the main battle with Ironhide trailing behind him.
"Keep on your toes, Jazz." Prowl lightly admonished as he had twin blasters momentarily pop out of his car hood and fired on two more Forklift Truck Drones, easily damaging them and making them flinch from the shots. "If you didn't like that, then you definitely won't like this." All of a sudden, two machine guns popped out of the trunk and shot at them, blasting them down. A significant thing was that all the shots Prowl fired were colored red.
Arcee, despite being smaller than the Cement Mixer Drone, was much more agile and she was using that to her advantage by driving in between their legs and around them. It fired at her with its cannon, but it kept missing. Unlike the shots from Prowl's weapon which were colored red, the Decepticon drone's shots were purple. "Optimus, we may have to transform in order to truly take these Vehicons down!" Arcee exclaimed.
Sighing heavily, Optimus knew Arcee was right. "Autobots, if you need to blow your cover to defeat the Vehicons, then you have my permission to do so."
Bumblebee was knocking three more Forklift Truck Drones off their feet in his Camaro mode after telling Spike to exit and find someplace safe with his dad. Soon after Optimus Prime gave his permission, Bumblebee transformed to his robot mode and blasted them with his plasma cannon in the place of his left hand. He then performed a roundhouse kick on a fourth Forklift Truck Drone which knocked it back a few feet. Said drone was then shot and taken offline.
The second Cement Mixer Drone got an idea and fired its cannon at a nearby building, creating debris which nearby people instantly began running away from. A large piece of the building was about to hit a teenage girl with long black hair and brown eyes wearing denim jeans, a white t-shirt, and black sneakers when out of nowhere, Ironhide stopped the debris from falling on her. The Autobot Weapons Specialist threw it out of the way and then ran back to the fight, the girl staring in utter awe at what the hell just happened..
Chromia was in her robot mode in a far-off position, kneeling and her sniper rifle at the ready. She'd already fired on the center of the lens of at least three more Forklift Truck drones, taking them down in one sweep. "You did good saving that human, 'Hide, but I think you'll lose the kill count of Decepticons over me." She playfully said over the comm as she fired more shots from her sniper rifle. The Forklift Truck Drones were easy pickings as they had little to no weapons. They were more suited to melee and close-quarters combat.
"Oh, you think so?" Ironhide retorted just as playfully. "Watch this." He ran over to the Cement Mixer Drone that fired the shot and punched it to the ground, cracking its lens. However, the drone used its armor to block the next couple punches and knock Ironhide off despite its lens being damaged. The drone managed to get a couple of punches in itself, but Ironhide barely flinched from the contact and merely picked up a rusted car husk and whacked the drone with it. The drone was knocked onto his chest and before it could get back up, Ironhide blasted it with his wrist cannons, taking it offline in seconds.
Spike and Sparkplug were watching the battle from one of the abandoned buildings out of the way. What they were witnessing was incredible. Never in their lives did they think they would see alien robots battling each other on their planet. However, they noticed several black GMC Yukons and AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopters heading towards the Autobots who were still fighting Vehicon Drones. Sparkplug took out a pair of binoculars he took with them and saw the S7 logo on one of the GMC Yukons. They were here to try and capture their new friends from space. "Crap! They're here!" The two saw several modified AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopters flying in on Bumblebee who was isolated right now. Right after he finished offlining another Forklift Truck Drone, the Helicopters shot him with large nets. The yellow Autobot struggled to escape, but these nets were remarkably strong as he was hoisted up into the air and flying off.
"We've got to help them!" Spike shouted in panic seeing Bumblebee getting captured and almost ran out of their hiding spot, but his father immediately stopped him by grabbing his right shoulder and pulling him back into the unfinished building.
"No, it's too big a risk! We'll be captured and interrogated if we're seen!" Sparkplug reminded his son.
"Too late for that." A new voice said to them. The two looked to their left to see a man with short, slightly curly black hair, brown eyes wearing a black suit with a white undershirt and dark red tie, black dress pants, and black dress shoes standing right there. "Hello, Spike and Irving Witwitcky. We're Sector 7. I'm Agent Simmons. You two are gonna be coming with us. As you just said, we have some questions for you."
Spike and Sparkplug barely had time to resist as they were pushed into the GMC Yukon parked just behind Simmons. Once secured, Simmons entered the vehicle which quickly drove off to who knows where. However, no one noticed the glasses on the ground.
Back with the Autobots, they had just finished mopping up the rest of the Vehicon Drones when Prowl detected Spike and Sparkplug's signatures moving off. Gasping in urgency, he realized what must've happened. "Optimus! Sector 7's taken Spike and Sparkplug along with Bumblebee!" He exclaimed.
"We gotta get them back!" Jazz shouted, but Optimus spoke up as he transformed to robot mode..
"There would be no way to free him without harming the humans. We have to let them leave." Optimus said rather grimly. The other Autobots wanted to immediately retort, but knew Optimus was right. Noticing the glasses in the building Spike and Sparkplug were hiding in, Arcee walked over and picked them up. Sighing, she walked back over to Optimus and very gently gave them to him. Optimus took them with utmost care and looked up at the starry night sky.
Hello, everyone. I hope you all liked this chapter of Transformers (2007): Rewritten. In the very beginning of the chapter, Fig dies on a deathbed clasping the hand of Captain Lennox. The discussion of the sabot round stays the same, though. The big difference is that there's a battle between the Autobots and Decepticon Drones in the city. These drones are the ones from the 2007 movie game that turn into orange and black forklifts. We also see a second type of Vehicon Drone from the movie game which transforms into Cement Mixer Trucks. These drones are officially named Scrapper and Mixmaster, but they are NOT related to the Constructicons of the same names. Thus, these drones will not be called those names.
In the end though, Bumblebee, Spike, and Sparkplug are all captured by a Sector 7 unit led by Agent Seymour Simmons. However, the glasses are left in Autobot hands, so they have a slight advantage over the Decepticons, but for how long?
As usual, if anyone has any ideas for this story, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me.