Summary:
With the Allspark disperse and Detroit in need of repairs and the Decepticons in hiding, Optimus and his team with Trionix and Luna helping with the clean up got a very unexpected visit from the dimension's Elite Guard and the leader of the Autobots, Ultra Magnus and his team, Sentinel Prime and Jazz.
Can Trionix, Luna and the crew keep the twins' secret safe or will they be forced to reveal it?
Created: 6/26/2022
After their hard battle against Megatron and the Decepticons. The Autobots were helping rebuild the wrecked city of Detroit. Trionix Nova and Luna Eclipse were helping them fix the city. There was a lot of work to do in downtown as well as repairs
"This is a big clean up job. Even for a bunch of maintenance bots like us." Bulkhead said as he lifted some debris and put them in the cart that Optimus has.
"I have a friend that would've loved to help us with this." Trionix said as she used her energon sword to cut down some debris.
"His help would sure be useful right now." Luna grunted as she lifted the debris that her twin cut down as she put them in the cart.
A car horn was heard as some civilians wanted to get through.
"Uh, one moment, ma'am." Optimus called out as he drove a little before transforming so he could make a way for them.
Optimus starts lifting the rubble blocking the road and when the civilians see him, they start freaking out out of fear.
"Please, don't hurt us!" The woman cried out in fear.
The civilians started driving away. Scared at the sight of Optimus Prime, who blinked but felt a little upset that the humans were scared of him.
"Those humans were afraid of me." Optimus muttered softly as he lowered the debris.
"Can you blame 'em? After all, we trashed half their city." Ratchet said as he used his magnet cannons to lower some debris to the cart.
"I believe the Decepticons did most of the trashing." Prowl corrected him.
"I liked it better when we were heroes." Bulkhead sulked as he traded his digit on the road sadly.
Both Trionix and Luna looked at the disheartened group and couldn't help but feel pity and sorrow for them. They couldn't blame them for the humans being scared of them since the battle shook up the humans.
"You're still heroes, guys." Trionix said as she switched her Energon sword to her servo as she came to them.
"Tell that to those who hate us for wrecking half their city." Ratchet said as Luna came to her twin's side.
"Look, I get it that you don't like people hating you. But that's what being a hero all is about. It's to endure and take it all in. No matter what you do, there are times when people will hate you. Being a hero isn't easy and sometimes you feel like all your efforts are meaningless. But that's what makes a hero an example to be followed. It's how he endures, how he still fights for the people. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose." Trionix reasoned with them to lift their spirits up and cheer them up.
"You seem like you believe that." Prowl said in uncertainty.
"She does and so do I. It doesn't matter what the people of the city think about you. To me, you guys are the best heroes in Detroit. And if you ask me, they're lucky to have you. They just don't know it." Luna agreed with her twin.
Their speech seemed to work as Bulkhead smiled at them thankfully.
"Thanks. I feel a lot better now." Bulkhead smiled as Trionix couldn't help and smile back at the young Autobot.
"Great. We're gonna need your help to clear all this." Trionix smiled as Bulkhead stood back up.
"Well, I think we're gonna need a whole lot of hands for this job." Ratchet said as he looked at the debris. Optimus looked around in confusion as he noticed that they were missing someone.
"Hey, by the way. Where's Bumblebee? Isn't he supposed to be helping too?" Optimus asked in confusion.
"He's with Sari. He's helping her take care of things at Sumdac Tower." Prowl replied while pointing his thumb at the tower.
Meanwhile at Sumdac Tower, Bumblebee was carrying a whole bunch of papers while answering some calls.
"Hello, Isaac Sumdac office. No. The professor still hasn't returned from his... extended vacation. Of course, someone's running the company. Someone very capable." Bumblebee answered the calls.
While Bumblebee was taking care of the calls, Sari was taking care of running the company and trying to take her father's place but being so young, the whole work was getting on her nerves.
"No wonder my dad acted so crazy! How did he do this?" Sari wondered in frustration.
Running a whole company was very hard for Sari. Suddenly she started receiving a video phone call from Powell which added even more frustrations.
"Miss Sumdac, as chairman of your board of directors, I've been going over the books. And I see you're still wasting valuable resources searching for your missing father. Isn't it time that you just accepted the fact that he's-" Powell said but Sari cut him off by hitting the table with her fist as she gave him an angry look.
"No! He's my dad! And if I were missing, he'd do the same for me." Sari exclaimed.
She was very worried for her father. Ever since the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, her father went missing and it made her really worried for his wellbeing and safety.
"Young lady, there's no room for sentiment in business. A mere child can't be entrusted to make sound decisions for this company." Powell countered as Sari gritted her teeth.
"This company's name is still Sumdac. So until I find my dad, I'm staying right here. And there's nothing you can do about it!" Sari told him before hanging up as Bumblebee looked at her in concern.
"Hold my calls. I need a break." Sari told him as she let out a small sigh. A break sounds nice right about now.
"Okay, Boss Lady. But you might wanna take a look at this." Bumblebee said before pointing to the TV.
Something in the TV had caught Bumblebee's attention as Sari looked over to the TV to see what it was.
"All eyes are on the sky as a mysterious, unidentified object from space has entered earth's atmosphere heading straight for downtown Detroit." The TV reporter announced. Both Bumblebee and Sari looked at each other and quickly headed out of the tower to warn the others.
Meanwhile back downtown, the Autobots were still clearing the rubbles. Prowl, who was standing on top, saw the mysterious object in the sky as the others looked up when they heard something and saw it as well. Sari was riding on Bumblebee's shoulder as he was running towards them.
"Did you guys see that?!" Bumblebee called out as he came to a stop.
"It's kinda hard to miss." Ratchet said but worry can be heard in his vocal processor.
"What is that?" Bulkhead asked curiously.
"Looks like some sort of meteor." Trionix noted as worry was in her optics.
"Great, more trouble." Luna groaned softly while rolling her purple optics.
"We'd better look into it. Transform and roll out!" Optimus told them.
Everyone transformed and started driving to where the object was heading. In the center of the city, the mystery object was revealed to be a ship. After it landed, the D.P.D had set up a perimeter around it and had called up all the help they could get with Captain Fanzone giving orders.
"Alright, secure the perimeter! We're not taking any chances this time! Open fire at the first sign of hostile action!" Fanzone barked out orders through the megaphone.
Before the D.P.D could take any action, the Autobots had arrived just in time to stop before it was too late as they transformed while Optimus made sure to calm Fanzone as he recognized the ship while Bumblebee put Sari down.
"No, captain. Have your men stand down. Let us handle this." Optimus told him as Fanzone turned to him in annoyance.
"Oh, what? So you can wreck the other half of the city? I don't think so!" Fanzone argued back.
While Captain Fanzone was making it clear that he and his men were not backing down, the ship's hatch started opening. There was a whole lot of white smoke covering the ship which made the police point their guns and wait for Fanzone's orders while both Trionix and Luna activated their battle protocols just in case a battle happens. But as soon as it cleared out, they all saw that there were three figures standing there. They were wearing an insignia similar to the Autobots. Meaning that they were Transformers. There was a blue and orange bot along with a white one and one holding a huge hammer. The sight was enough for both Trionix and Luna to calm down.
"Robots. Why'd it have to be robots?" Fanzone sighed in dismay at the sigh.
"Whoa, did you see that? Three Autobots." Trionix said in wonder and awe while wondering who they were.
"Yeah, and look at the insignia on their chest. It's the same one that Smokescreen has. So they must be part of the Elite Guard." Luna pointed out the Autobot insignia with wings.
"I guess so. Look at the white one. He looks a lot like Jazz. But the two others are a total mystery. Although the big one with the hammer reminds me of someone." Trionix said as she looked at the newcomers curiously.
Optimus and the others started approaching them and stood in attention while saluting.
"Commander Ultra Magnus. Welcome to earth, sir. It's an honor to-" Optimus started but was cut off by the one carrying the huge hammer who turned to the white bot.
"Jazz. Set up a force shield to quarantine us from those organics." Ultra Magnus ordered as Jazz turned from him to look at the crowd in front of them.
Jazz looks at the humans and grows curious about them.
"You sure that's necessary, commander? I'd like to get a closer look." Jazz inquired with curiosity but the blue and orange bot stopped him.
"You might feel different when the slime they spew out melts through your armor plating and rots your circuits from the inside." He warned him.
"Really?" Jazz asked in shock as he backed away a little.
"I've had some experience with organics. And believe me, nothing good can come from contact with them. Isn't that right, Optimus?" He said before turning to look at Optimus with a smug look which Trionix noticed.
Sentinel started activating the ship's shield and it covered the whole vessel preventing the humans from getting in. When Sari saw that the bots were inside with no way out, she ran toward the force shield
"Hey what's the big idea?" Sari questioned in confusion as she hit the force field with her hand.
Both Trionix and Luna had to reset their audio receptors just to make sure they weren't hearing things.
"Is it me or did Prime just call this guy Commander Ultra Magnus?" Luna asked in surprise and confusion as Trionix was equally confused and surprised.
"You heard that right." Trionix nodded slowly.
The blue and orange bot turned to the two sharply and narrowed his optics at them with suspicion.
"You two! What are you standing like that for? Stand and salute in front of your commander!" He ordered them as both Trionix and Luna started to feel annoyed at being ordered around.
"Is this guy for real?" Trionix clenched her dentas while narrowing her optics.
"Just be quiet and do what he says." Ratchet hissed.
"Fine..." Luna groaned in annoyance before both her and Trionix saluted to Ultra Magnus.
Ultra Magnus raised an optic ridge at the two femmes. He doesn't recognize the two femmes. He turned to Optimus, hoping he'll explain.
"Optimus Prime, do you mind telling me why your team has new recruits?" He asked curiously as Optimus almost forgot about Trionix and Luna.
"Yeah, uh, it's a long story, sir." Optimus simply said.
"One I want to hear in its minor details. Sentinel Prime, decontaminate Optimus Prime and his crew." Ultra Magnus said before telling the blue and orange bot.
"With pleasure, sir." The bot named Sentinel said as he gave the team a smirk with a mischievous glint.
"Uh, what does he mean by decontaminate?" Trionix asked Ratchet as she felt that something bad was about to happen.
"You're about to find out." Ratchet answered with a shake of his head.
The Autobots all got inside the ship and after they got in, Sentinel started the decontamination process which involved bathing Optimus and his team to get bathed with a decontamination liquid which was very unpleasant for some of them.
"Hey, watch the chrome!" Ratchet exclaimed in annoyance.
"You, tiny! Step out from behind your overgrown pal!" Sentinel ordered Bumblebee.
"I don't think he remembers us." Bulkhead whispered to Bumblebee who came out behind him.
"And that's just how I wanna keep it." Bumblebee whispered back as he covered his helm.
"You've gotta be kidding me. What's this all about?" Trionix asked in confusion while shielding her optics.
"Beats me. But there's one thing I have a hard time believing. On this Earth, Ultra Magnus is the supreme commander of all Autobots." Luna replied as she came up with the theory about their predicament and how this dimension works.
"Yeah. This place keeps surprising me every day." Trionix muttered while shaking her head.
"Is it me or is this Sentinel guy enjoying this?" Luna questioned in annoyance as Trionix shrugged.
"Funny, I was asking myself the same question. Can you believe what he told Jazz about us?" Trionix said as she felt bad for Jazz.
"If I could, I would show this jerk what a human girl can do." Luna said as she cracked her knuckles.
"You and I both, Luna." Trionix said as she gave Sentinel an annoyed look.
"This is completely unnecessary, Sentinel." Optimus said before he was sprayed on the faceplate.
"Can't risk an infestation, old buddy. Take it like a real bot." Sentinel countered back with a roll of his optics.
"An infestation? Is this guy for real?" Trionix questioned in annoyance.
"Just wait till I get out of here." Luna growled softly.
"Calm down, Lu." Trionix calmed her down a little.
"I hate it when you tell me to calm down. Especially when you call me Lu. It makes me crazy." Luna said with a huff.
Both Trionix and Luna start getting soaked by the liquid again.
"Hey, ladies, less chatting and more cleaning!" Sentinel chided the two.
Feeling like Optimus and his crew were completely decontaminated and that Sentinel took this a bit personal. Jazz stopped the whole process.
"Cool it, Sentinel. Whatever went down between you and Optimus, you don't need to hassle his crew." Jazz said as he couldn't help but feel sorry for the team.
"Fine. If you get infected by organic slime, don't come complaining to me." Sentinel huffed while crossing his arms.
"Ah, this is gonna be a long day." Optimus sighed as he shook his helm to get rid of the water.
"Can we come out now? I wanna get rid of this stuff. Bbb-blark-ark. Got some in my mouth." Luna complained as she shook her servos dry.
Meanwhile outside the ship, the D.P.D was still keeping the perimeter around the ship. Sari ran towards Captain Fanzone to tell him that the Autobots are inside and they can't get out.
"They're trapped! They're held against their will! You gotta get 'em out!" Sari said in worry as Fanzone shook his head.
"I ain't about to provoke an intergalactic incident!" Fanzone argued.
Meanwhile inside the ship, Optimus and his crew were standing in front of Ultra Magnus with Sentinel and Jazz.
"I've cleaned them up as best as I could, sir. But you know how it is with these grease grunts." Sentinel said as Luna was on the verge of exploding.
"Please, Nix, just let me shoot him once." Luna whispered while pleading.
"No." Trionix told her sternly as Luna pouted.
"That will be all, Sentinel Prime. We've wasted enough time and valuable resources tracking down these stragglers. So if it's all the same to you, we'll just retrieve the Allspark and be on our way." Ultra Magnus said and that made the team to wince and freeze. How are they gonna explain what happened to the Allspark to Ultra Magnus?!
"Yeah, about the Allspark, uh, funny story. It's kinda, sorta..." Bumblebee laughed nervously.
"Blew up." Bulkhead finished nervously.
Ultra Magnus along with Jazz and Sentinel Prime were shocked about what they heard.
"What?! The Allspark is destroyed?!" Ultra Magnus questioned in shock.
"Not exactly destroyed, sir. More like its energy was... dispersed, at least, I think it was." Optimus explained while Sentinel gave him an annoyed look.
"You've made some big time blunders in your day, Optimus. But this one tops 'em all." Sentinel sneered at him as Ratchet stood in defense for his leader.
"He's a slagging hero for keeping it from Megatron and the Decepticons!" Ratchet defended Optimus.
"Stand down, rustbucket. Your boss is a lot of things. But a hero isn't one of them!" Sentinel exclaimed and Trionix stood in defense for both Ratchet and Optimus. Even though they're not the ones she knew, they're still her friends and teammates.
"Hey, sweeper. If I were you, I would keep my mouth shut. You don't know what Optimus has done to protect this city and this planet against the Decepticons and I won't let you disrespect him like that." Trionix scolded him as Sentinel was a little surprised that a femme defended Optimus.
Luna stopped Trionix from doing something to Sentinel as she held her back.
"Calm down, Trionix." Luna calmed her down as Optimus was just silent and looking down.
"She's right. You're just gonna stand there and take that from him?" Ratchet asked him but Optimus just stayed silent.
"I'll have you know, pinky. That we did a sweep of the entire planet. Not one trace of Decepticon energy signatures." Sentinel argued back as Trionix gave him an angry look.
"That's 'cause we kicked their sorry solenoids!" Bumblebee gloated as Sentinel rolled his optics.
"You expect us to believe that a bunch of glitch detail flunkies could defeat Megatron?" Sentinel questioned as both Trionix and Luna looked at each other. Oh if only he knew
Meanwhile somewhere deep in the hills near Michigan, Megatron and his Decepticons were hiding to avoid being detected by the Autobots.
"Why do we hide here like cowards?! We should stand and fight the accursed Autobots!" Lugnut exclaimed impatiently.
"Patience, Lugnut. These carbon deposits shield us from detection while we recover from our last encounter with them. Besides, I have my sights set on a far bigger prize, Cybertron itself." Megatron explained as he showed them his true plan as the image of Cybertron was shown.
Blitzwing's faceplate spins around to his crazy side.
"That sounds crazy. Even to me." Crazy Blitzwing snickered.
"How dare you doubt the word of our glorious leader?! But, master, how will you pull off this stunning victory?" Lugnut growled but questioned Megatron.
"Two things led to our defeat in the great wars, the Allspark. And the Autobots exclusive Space Bridge technology. The Allspark, as we know, is no longer a factor." Megatron said as he narrowed his optics. He was so close to getting the Allspark and those accursed Autobots and two femmes got in the way of his victory.
"But during my battle aboard the Autobots' ship, I was able to download a schematic for one of their space bridges." Megatron explained as he showed them the schematics for the space bridge as Blitzwing's faceplate spins around again to his calm and chill side.
"Intriguingly, if we reverse engineer the technology, we can construct our own space bridge." Chill Blitzwing said before his faceplate spins around again to his third personality.
"Then beam ourselves to Cybertron and conquer the planet from within!" Hothead Blitzwing exclaimed loudly.
"There's just one glitch. The specs are incomplete. We will need assistance filling the gaps. And who better to assist than the master of reverse engineering. Professor Isaac Sumdac." Megatron said as he turned to the glass cylinder that held their prisoner as Professor Sumdac turned around and gave Megatron a glare.
"You cannot trick me into helping you this time, Megatron. The Autobots will come for me." Professor Sumdac said as he gave Megatron an angry look for tricking him.
Megatron walked to the glass cylinder and gave him a smirk.
"And yet, thus far they have not. Why do you think that is? Could it have something to do with the fact that you resurrected their worst enemy? For your sake, professor, you had better hope the Autobots don't come looking for you. Right now, the only thing keeping you alive is your usefulness to me." Megatron said as Professor Sumdac gave him a glare but he was hoping and wishing that the Autobots would find him soon.
Meanwhile inside the Elite Guards ship, Optimus and his team were explaining some of the stuff that had been happening on Earth but Sentinel was such a glitch.
"I'll give you points for creativity on your bogus story, Optimus, but where's your proof? Show me one shred of evidence that the Allspark wasn't completely destroyed on your watch." Sentinel said as he paced in front of the crew.
"You have my word." Optimus said while both Trionix and Luna wondered how Optimus can keep his cool with Sentinel.
"And we all know what that's worth, don't we?" Sentinel smirked as Trionix raised an optic ridge while crossing her arms.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She questioned with a questioning look.
"It means that Optimus' words are empty and worthless. Just like him." Sentinel answered and this made Trionix to narrow her optics more at him as a warning.
"Come on, Boss-Bot, why don't you stand up for yourself?" Bulkhead questioned Optimus in concern.
He didn't like how Sentinel speaks down on Optimus and that just makes his tanks churned. Optimus just kept silent even though he wanted to defend himself but he just can't find the strength to speak up against his superior.
"Because he knows his place." Sentinel said angrily and Bulkhead snapped.
"How 'bout I put you in your place?!" Bulkhead exclaimed angrily.
"Now you're talking! Let's teach him some manners!" Luna agreed with Bulkhead as the two lunged at Sentinel.
Optimus along with Bee, Prowl, Ratchet and Trionix are holding Bulkhead and Luna back while Jazz is holding Sentinel back before the three could even hurt each other.
"Bulkhead, no!" Optimus told him.
"Easy, big guy!" Bumblebee yelped.
"Don't do this, Luna!" Trionix warned her.
"This cyber-clown isn't worth it!" Ratchet reasoned with the two.
Having enough, Ultra Magnus hit the end of his hammer on the ship, resulting a loud thud as it shook the ship a little but it got everyone to stop fighting as they turned to him
"Stand down, all of you! These are serious charges and they will be investigated." Ultra Magnus told them sternly before turning to Optimus.
"Optimus Prime, can you tell me more about the new additions to your team? I would like to know more about them." Ultra Magnus said as he calmed down while his optics still held curiosity for the two femmes.
Sentinel turned to the two femmes while the purple, white and silver one gave him a glare.
"You two, present yourselves." He told them as the two stood in attention.
"My designation is Trionix Nova." Trionix said as she nodded in respect.
"Mine is Luna Eclipse. We're both sisters." Luna said as she crossed her arms.
"I see. How did you land on this planet?" Ultra Magnus asked curiously as both Trionix and Luna looked at each other to start using their cover story.
"Well you see, commander, our ship was severely damaged in a meteor storm. My sister and I were forced to land on this planet. After we crashed, we sent a distress signal so that we could be found. Luckily enough, Optimus and his team were there to help us." Trionix explained but she couldn't help but feel sorry for lying but it was necessary.
"What were you doing in space?" Ultra Magnus asked in confusion as he raised an optic ridge. Why would these two be in space and far from Cybertron?
"We, uh, we were just traveling around. You know, going from planet to planet. Stuff like that." Luna added as she crossed her arms.
"You do know that Autobot rules forbid visiting unregistered planets." Ultra Magnus scolded the two as Trionix winced while Luna shrugged.
"Yeah, sorry we kind of forgot. When we were traveling, we were off duty and we took this whole thing too far." Trionix apologized while looking down.
"Wow. Looks to me like spending time with a grunt like Optimus really did a number on you two. You're using lame excuses to explain yourself just like him." Sentinel scoffed at their excuse. He was having a feeling they were lying but at the same time they seem to be telling the truth.
"Why don't you be quiet for a moment?" Luna growled at him.
"Make me." Sentinel challenged her with a glare as the two size each other up.
"Enough, I've heard enough. Thank you for telling me." Ultra Magnus stopped the two from fighting as both Luna and Trionix were relieved that the commander bought the cover story but the same couldn't be said about Sentinel who was eyeing suspiciously and Jazz who was looking at them curiously.
"Your story shall need further investigation. In the meantime. Optimus Prime, show us where this supposed Decepticon battle took place. Your crew will remain with Jazz until this matter is settled." Ultra Magnus said as Sentinel stepped forward.
"As you know, I scanned some typical earth vehicles, sir. So we won't attract attention to ourselves." Sentinel said smugly as Trionix raised an optic ridge, wondering what vehicle modes they picked.
"Good work, Sentinel Prime. Transform!" Ultra Magnus exclaimed.
Both Sentinel and Ultra Magnus started transforming to adapt themselves to their vehicle form. Ultra Magnus transformed into a mobile missile commander truck while Sentinel transformed into a huge pick-up with a snow plow. The sight almost made Luna burst out laughing while Trionix just shook her helm. If Agent Fowler was here, he'll have a fit cause those alt modes will attract even more attention.
"Oh yeah. No one's gonna notice that." Bumblebee said sarcastically while rolling his optics.
Meanwhile outside the ship, Optimus was coming down and telling the humans that everything was alright much to Sari's relief.
"Look! Prime's okay!" Sari pointed in relief.
"It's alright. They're on our side." Optimus reassured them all before transforming after the two vehicles.
Sentinel purposely bumped on the two vehicles in front of him before driving off as Fanzone was even more annoyed.
"That's good. Cause I was worried they might, you know, destroy something." Fanzone grumbled as Sari noticed something and was more worried.
"Wait! What about the others?" Sari questioned in worry.
Worried, Sari started running toward the ship. Having completely forgotten everything about the force shield, Sari hit the force shield as she held her nose painfully.
"Oh man!" She groaned in annoyance. She gotta find a way in.
On the highway, Optimus is telling Ultra Magnus about the traffic customs since he's on earth.
"Commander, uh, here on earth we drive on the right side of the street." Optimus explained before Sentinel drove up next to him.
"Ultra Magnus is not interested in the opinions of a maintenance bot." He arrogantly said.
Sentinel drove towards a road that was with a barricade and knocked down the blocks out of the way much to Optimus' chagrin
"Sentinel, wait!" Optimus tried to stop him.
But before Optimus gets to warn Sentinel to stop, the mech drives off the road and falls to ground zero, screaming. Both Optimus and Ultra Magnus checked if he was okay before they continued on their way.
Meanwhile back in the Decepticon's secret hideout, Professor Sumdac was starting to reverse engineer the schematics of the space bridge while muttering angrily with himself.
"Space bridge. I don't know anything about space bridges. I don't claim to know anything about it. This is not my area of expertise. I do servo-mechanics, not teleportation." Professor Sumdac grumbled in annoyance.
While the professor was checking the specs of the intergalactic space bridge, his robot assistant started malfunctioning. This caused him to yelp in panic
"I'm sorry! I won't complain anymore! I promise!" Professor Sumdac pleaded.
When the Decepticons saw it, Megatron opened his cell and shot down the malfunctioning robot as Lugnut growled.
"You did that on purpose! To sabotage Megatron's brilliant plan!" Lugnut exclaimed as Professor Sumdac panicked.
"No! It just went crazy! I swear!" He pleaded. He was really scared for his life but it looks like Megatron came to his rescue.
"He's telling the truth. There is a fragment of the Allspark embedded in these circuits." Megatron said as he took the torso of the robot assistant as the center of it was glowing a pure aura.
"Do you realize what this means? It means the Allspark may not have been completely destroyed. There may still be pockets of its energy scattered all over this city. All over this planet. Each one capable of instilling its life force to the most basic cybernetic construction." Megatron said sinisterly. This could be very useful indeed.
Meanwhile back in the city, Sari was trying to find a way inside the force shield.
"Oh man." Sari muttered in annoyance.
Suddenly she started receiving a call on her phone.
"Hello?" Sari replied after accepting the call. It was Powell calling her on video.
"There's a problem at the factory. The assembly line's gone haywire." Powell said as Sari grew concerned and worried. She needs the Autobots now.
"Can't you fix it?" Sari asked him as Powell scoffed.
"I thought the company's name was Sumdac." He said smugly before hanging up.
Powell's words made Sari a bit angry because he was right. She was the only one who could fix this situation. All she needed was a pair of bigger hands.
"Fine! I'll do it myself!" She huffed.
"With a little help from my 'assistant'. Hmm. I wonder..." She thought as she looked at her key.
Sari started wondering if her key could create an opening that would allow her to get through the force shield. She then used her key to create a rift in the force shield and much to her delight, it worked.
"Yes!" Sari cheered before going through the rift.
After being able to get through the ship's force shield, Sari entered the ship and began looking for the others. Meanwhile in the control room, the others were quietly waiting for Optimus to come back as Luna was tapping her pede on the ground.
"Ah, this is taking too long. I'm starting to get bored." Luna groaned in boredom.
"Take it easy, girl. This ain't easy for me too you know?" Jazz reassured her but only got a deadpan look from the femme.
"Poor Optimus. I feel bad about him." Bumblebee said sadly as he looked down.
"Yeah me too. I still can't believe he let Sentinel say all this stuff about him." Bulkhead agreed with him.
How could Sentinel say such mean things to Optimus? Optimus is the best leader they could ever have. Sure they have their misunderstandings but they always get fixed and make up in the end.
"It's not easy for him, Bulkhead. Optimus has been through a lot." Ratchet sighed as he too felt bad for Optimus. The kid would have been leading the Elite Guard now if only he wasn't kicked out of the academy.
"In my opinion, Optimus did the right thing not to answer what Sentinel said. That just proves he had a great inner strength." Prowl said beside Jazz with his arms crossed.
"I totally agree with you on that, Prowl. It's always best to ignore people who say bad things about you. No matter how much they deserve to be taught a lesson." Trionix said in agreement before turning to Ratchet since there's been a question that's been nagging her processor.
"Hey, Ratchet, do you mind if I ask you a question?" She asked the medic bot who looked at her in confusion but nodded.
"Sure thing." He said as Trionix thought her words carefully.
"What was this stuff about the Allspark exploding? And what went down between Sentinel and Optimus?" Trionix asked curiously although she already knew the answer to the first question.
"It's kind of a long story. Eons ago, Optimus and Sentinel were once comrades in arms. Both went to the Autobot Academy and desired to get into the Elite Guard of Cybertron. The best warriors in the whole planet. They've been rivals ever since. But they were also good friends." Ratchet explained before his optics dimmed down a little.
"And then one day... something bad happened..." He said solemnly as Trionix had a bad feeling about this.
"What... happened?" Trionix hesitantly asked as Luna started to listen to hear what happened to the young Prime.
"Optimus was expelled from the academy. He had been forbidden to join the Elite Guard. After his discharge, Optimus was sent away to repair space bridges and he had received the title of Prime." Ratchet continued as Trionix was surprised.
Optimus was given the title of Prime even after he was expelled? He must be really special.
"Really? Even after he was expelled?" Trionix questioned curiously and Ratchet nodded.
"Yes, it would seem that Ultra Magnus believed that Optimus deserved a chance to redeem himself. So he had given him the rank of Prime. With that title came a great responsibility. For Optimus had become the leader of his own Autobot crew." Ratchet finished with a fond smile. Optimus sure has a way to make everyone be happy even though he was inexperienced.
"We had some good times back then, didn't we, Bee?" Bulkhead said with a fond smile and sheepish laugh.
"Yup we sure did." Bumblebee snickered but had a fond smile.
"Whoa... You mean you guys were there?" Luna asked in amazement.
"Yes. And let me tell you. These two were a real pain in the processors." Ratchet said as he pointed to Bulkhead and Bumblebee, the latter sticking his glossa out at Ratchet playfully.
"Hehehe ouch." Luna laughed softly as Trionix turned to Prowl.
"So what about you, Prowl? You must have some good stories too." Trionix asked him as Prowl shook his helm.
"No. I joined Optimus and the others long after that. It was during my interrupted meditational retirement." Prowl explained.
"Oh and what was it that interrupted you?" Luna asked him playfully.
"You're looking at them." Prowl smiled playfully while nodding to Bulkhead and Bumblebee.
"What did these guys do to you?" Luna questioned as Bumblebee and Bulkhead looked at each other.
"You don't wanna know." Bumblebee said in embarrassment.
"Okay, now I get the fuss between Optimus and Sentinel. But do you mind explaining to me the whole Allspark thing?" Trionix suggested as Ratchet nodded.
"Oh yes. You see a while ago. Long before we landed on this rock. We were fixing a space bridge, when we came across the unthinkable. The Allspark. We brought it onto our ship to transport it to Cybertron. But we were attacked. By none other than the leader of the Decepticons himself. He was ruthless, and none of us could take him head on. And when we got close to Earth, Optimus knocked Megatron overboard, making him get off the ship." Ratchet explained as Luna nodded slowly.
"And land here on Earth where the Professor found him and tried fixing him ever since." Luna finished for him.
"After that battle, we went into stasis. And that's just how we got to this planet." Ratchet finished how they came to earth.
"Wow, talk about a huge story. I can't believe that Sentinel stabbed Optimus like that in the back." Trionix crossed her arms.
"No need for these dirty lyrics. Even though SP seems to be a jerk, he's a good guy." Jazz said to calm her circuits as Luna gave him a deadpan look.
"And how does betraying your comrade qualify as good?" She asked as Jazz chose his next words carefully.
"He has his moments." He simply said.
Meanwhile in the ship's corridors, Sari was looking for the Autobots.
"Hmm?" She peeked around the corridors.
She didn't seem to find any sign of their presence. Suddenly, she stepped into a laser sensor that triggered an alert.
"Organic contamination. Alert. Seal off sectors five, seven and nine." The computer alerted.
In the control room. The whole team saw the alert and were wondering what was happening.
"Contamination? What does that mean?" Trionix looked confused.
"Trouble. Stay here. I'll go check it." Jazz said as he started running to the sectors where the alert was triggered.
"We ought to stay here. But Jazz might need our help." Trionix said as she looked at the team.
"I for one am not staying here and doing nothing." Luna said as she walked to the door and opened the doors that lead to the corridors.
"Coming or not?" She asked the team as she put a servo on her hips.
Trionix and the others started running to join up with Jazz. Meanwhile in the corridors Sari was standing still just as Jazz got there and saw what caused the alarm.
"Contamination located." Jazz said as his appearance made Sari jump in surprise.
"Whoa. Who're you calling a contamination?" She questioned in confusion but felt a little offended.
"Stay cool and roll back off the ship. Nice and easy-like. And don't even think of spewing any of your slime at me." Jazz advice as Sari raised an eyebrow at him.
"Slime? What are you-? Oh, you're afraid of me, aren't you? BOO-GA! BOO-GA! BOO-GA!" Sari gave a mischievous grin before making a face.
Sari made scary faces at Jazz who was seriously afraid of her.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Jazz screamed while jumping back out of fear.
The others had joined up Jazz and started asking what was going on.
"What's going on out here?!" Ratchet asked in alarm and confusion.
Seeing her friends, Sari stopped scaring Jazz and ran up to them.
"Guys!" Sari cheered.
When Sari started running toward the others, Jazz got out of the way to avoid getting infected as Sari ran up to her friends while Trionix kneeled down as Sari hugged her leg.
"Sari? How did you get in here?" Trionix asked in confusion.
"I used a little old trick of mine." Sari replied while fiddling her key.
"Way to go, girl." Luna grinned as they fist bumped.
"Stay back! You don't wanna be slimed." Jazz said in defense but was really confused.
"Relax, that's just Sari. She's perfectly safe." Bulkhead reassured him as Jazz started to calm down but was still confused.
"But Sentinel-" Jazz said but Bumblebee cut him off.
"Is a glitch head. All due respect." Bumblebee said as he just didn't like Sentinel saying things about the humans especially Sari.
After finding out that humans aren't as dangerous as he thought, Jazz started approaching her calmly.
"Crazy, these organics each have their own look, their own style." Jazz said as he kneeled down in front of Sari and touched her head lightly.
"Hee! Hee! Hee!" This caused Sari to giggle as Jazz smiled.
Sensing that Jazz is trustworthy, Trionix felt like he should know more about her and Luna. She looked to Luna who looked back.
"Believe me, Jazz, you have no idea. Shall we show him, Luna?" Trionix said with a smile which Luna returned with a smirk.
"You bet." She said as Jazz looked confused on what they meant.
Both Trionix and Luna started activating their human forms as bright light started shining from the two for a few moments and it made Jazz cover his optics. When the light disappeared, Jazz stopped covering his optics and saw two human girls that looked exactly alike who were looking up to him with a smile and a smirk while wearing what look like suits made out of Cybertronian metal alloy.
"Yo." Trionix now Emily waved
"Sup." Luna now Amelia saluted as Jazz felt his jaw drop as he couldn't his optics.
Standing before him were two organics but something about them seemed different as their eyes look Cybertronian.
"What-you girls are...?" Jazz pointed in shock and disbelief.
"Humans? Yes, we are. My human name is Emily." Emily said as she put a hand on her hips.
"Mine is Amelia." Amelia said.
"That's crazy. You both look alike and yet you have different styles. How is it that you are humans and Cybertronians at the same time?" Jazz questioned as Emily seemed to be the leader due to the way her posture stands out.
"We are Cybertronians. We achieved these human forms thanks to our holo-forms or per say techno-organic biology. A trick from our world." Emily explained and that confused and surprised Jazz.
"Whoa, pause it for me. Did you say another world?" Jazz asked in amazement.
"We did. You see, Emily and I are from earth, only not this earth. We come from another dimension." Amelia nodded as she explained.
"But earlier you told Ultra Magnus..." Jazz said in confusion as Emily sighed while giving him an apologetic look.
"Do you seriously think that Sentinel or Ultra Magnus would've believed this story? Besides, if Sentinel saw us in this form, he would've freaked out." Emily pointed out as Jazz turned to the crew.
"You guys knew about this?" He asked them curiously as Bumblebee nodded.
"You could say that." Bumblebee said since they were pretty shocked the first time.
"Jazz, forgive me for not telling you. If Ultra Magnus knew about this, we could be in terrible trouble. Whether you want to believe it or not, the Decepticons are here. You've gotta promise me that you won't tell this to Sentinel or Ultra Magnus. Under any circumstances. I'm not asking you this as an Autobot. But as a fellow Cyber Ninja. Please, help us, old friend." Prowl pleaded as he grew close as a brother to the two techno-organic.
Jazz put his hand onto Prowl's shoulder to calm him down.
"Relax, Prowl. I won't sell you out like that." Jazz reassured him as Emily looked at him hopefully.
"So you won't tell anyone?" Emily asked as Jazz nodded.
"My lips are sealed." Jazz said as he made a zip motion on his lip plates.
Now that is out of the way, Sari decided to get everyone's attention.
"Guys, guys! Can you listen to me for a moment? I need your help!" Sari said as Amelia turned to her.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Something's wrong at one of my dad's assembly plants. Come on, we gotta go!" Sari explained urgently.
"No can do. I got orders from Ultra Magnus to stick with you." Jazz said as he remembered but Bumblebee grinned.
"Yeah but he didn't say where." Bumblebee said cheekily.
"Come on, Jazz. She needs our help." Emily pleaded with him as Jazz thought about it.
"Well, I have been itchin' to give my new wheels a spin." Jazz said before transforming into a very stylish car.
"Besides, any species that could come up with a sweet ride like this can't be all that bad." Jazz said as Amelia whistled. Knock Out would be so jealous if he was here.
When Sari saw Jazz's vehicle form, she was very impressed.
"Cool." Sari breathe in awe.
"Sweet ride." Amelie admitted.
"Hop in. I'll give you a ride." Jazz said as he opened his doors.
"Awesome." Emily smiled thankfully.
Emily and Amelie started getting inside Jazz and Emily admired the interior of his vehicle mode.
"Whoa, this car looks even more awesome on the inside." Emily said as she buckled up. Being inside an Autobots vehicle mode in her techno-organic form brings back so many memories.
"Okay, everyone. Sit tight and enjoy the ride." Jazz said as he ignited his engine.
Jazz started driving to get outside the ship.
"Hey no fair! Wait for us!" Bumblebee cried out after him as he transformed to let Sari in.
The others transformed and started driving after Jazz. Meanwhile outside the ship, the D.P.D still had the perimeter around the ship before one of them saw something coming from the ship.
"Sir, something's coming out of the ship." The swat member said as Fanzone narrowed his eyes.
"Hold your fire. Don't shoot until I give the order." Fanzone said.
All officers pointed they're guns at the shop waiting to see what happened. Suddenly they saw a white car coming out super-fast. The force shield around the ship forms an exit for the incoming vehicle and everyone quickly got out of the way
"Whoa! Hey, watch it!" Fanzone yelled after Jazz.
The others started coming out super-fast that Captain Fanzone started covering himself. When he got up, he saw how the Autobots were driving fast as he just shook his head at them.
"This is why I hate machines. They never mind their surroundings." Fanzone said.
Meanwhile on Dinobot island, Optimus was guiding Ultra Magnus and Sentinel to where his ship crashed when he and the others battled the Decepticons.
"Our ship is right up ahead. But try to keep quiet." Optimus told them in a quiet tone.
"Ooh. Afraid there might still be some big bad Decepticons lurking in the bushes?" Sentinel taunted him.
"Not Decepticons, Dinobots." Optimus said before a loud roar could be heard coming their way.
It was the Dinobots. All three of them were heading straight for Optimus, Sentinel and Ultra Magnus as Optimus stood in front of Ultra Magnus and Sentinel to protect them.
"They'll leave you alone as long as you don't provoke them." Optimus advised them but Sentinel just scoffed.
"I don't need some Elite Guard washout telling me how to handle primitive technology." Sentinel told him as he walked forward.
"That technology's not as primitive as it looks." Optimus said and Sentinel just rolled his optics.
"I don't recall asking you." Sentinel said before turning to the Dinobots.
"Go on, shoo!" He yelled.
Sentinel tried to get the Dinobots to leave but they didn't take kindly to Sentinel's tone. So Grimlock started to transform and attack him as well with the two Dinobots.
"Dinobots, destroy!" Grimlock yelled as the Dinobots started to attack them.
With one hit from the sword, Sentinel was down as Optimus was trying to defend himself against the two. At the limits of his patience, Ultra Magnus ignited his war hammer as hundreds of volts of electricity started to fill the air around the Dinobots. The power of Ultra Magnus had spooked the Dinobots. So they transform back and retreat back into the forest.
"Grr." Grimlock growled a little before following his two comrades.
After they disappeared, Optimus helped Sentinel to get up as the bot held his helm.
"What kind of screw-loose planet is this?" Sentinel questioned in annoyance.
Meanwhile in the city, the Autobots were driving in the streets of Detroit, heading to the assembly line of Sumdac Systems that was malfunctioning.
"Wow, you sure you know how to drive, Jazz." Emily said as she looked at the dashboard with a smile.
"Thanks. Man, that was some funky blinking colored light show. What'd you call those again?" Jazz said as he was confused by the red, yellow and green lights he saw when they're driving in the direction of the assembly line.
"Traffic lights?" Bulkhead stated in a question.
"Traffic lights." Jazz repeated.
They've finally reached the assembly line. When Sari came out of Bumblebee, her key started to go crazy as it glowed and she gulped.
"That can't be good." Sari squeaked in fear.
"Any idea of what's happening?" Emily said as her battle protocols activated as she stood in front of the group.
"Don't know. But my guess is that we'll find out." Amelia said as she got into a battle stance.
A huge boom took place and suddenly a whole bunch of police drones started coming out. Seeing that something was wrong, Jazz started telling everyone to get down.
"Down!" Jazz shouted.
The whole bunch of drones that came out, started attacking the whole team and shot energy shots at them. Bumblebee protected Sari while the others began fighting them. Emily and Amelia started activating their suits to use their electric powers as Emily took leadership for now until Optimus arrived.
"I changed my mind! I don't want to run my dad's company anymore!" Sari yelled in fear while covering her head.
"Bumblebee, protect Sari! We'll hold them off! Go!" Emily commanded him as he nodded and took Sari somewhere safe.
The Autobots started to go on the offensive and smashed all coming drones. But no matter how many they destroyed, more kept coming to replace the destroyed ones.
"AAARGH! It's no good! These things are rolling off the assembly line faster than I can smash 'em!" Bulkhead exclaimed as he tried to smash them with his wrecking ball.
"On the bright side, we've really managed to speed up production!" Bumblebee said as they all took cover quickly.
"Is it always like this on this crazy planet?" Jazz asked Prowl who was taking cover with him.
"Pretty much." He said as Emily and Amelia were back to back.
"Guys, we're gonna try to hit them with something big. You ready, Ames?" She said before turning to Amelia who nodded.
"Always. Let's do this." Amelia said as she narrowed her eyes at the police drones.
Both Emily and Amelia started using their electrical powers to hit all the drones with a Charge Beam. They both attacked the drones with all they had but they still came out faster than they could destroy them.
"It's no good! We need back up!" Amelia shouted as she used Electro Balls at some.
Knowing they need more help, Ratchet contacted Optimus through the comlinks.
"Prime, we're at the Sumdac Robot Plant and we're gonna need back up!" Ratchet exclaimed.
On Dinobot Island, Optimus got the call and he became worried and concern for his team
"Copy that, Ratchet, I'm on my way!" Optimus said.
Without wasting anymore time, Optimus transformed and started driving to the plant to go help his team who are in need of help.
"Hey, where are you going? Get back here!" Sentinel shouted after him.
Sentinel and Ultra Magnus transformed and started following Optimus. Meanwhile outside the plant, the Autobots were holding their ground against the drones as Ratchet turned to the two techno-organic.
"Back up's on the way! You girls need to turn back into your robot form before Optimus gets here with Sentinel Prime and Ultra Magnus!" Ratchet told them as Emily used an Electro Web.
"If we do that, we won't be able to use our powers!" Emily said but Jazz had to agree with Ratchet.
"Listen to what he says! You can't blow your cover!" Jazz reasoned with her as she looked at them.
"We'll be fine. Just do it. GAAAAAH!!!" Ratchet reassured her before getting hit from behind.
"We have no choice." Emily said as she turned to Amelia who nodded.
"I guess so." Amelia said as she took a defensive stance.
"On the count of three." Emily said.
"One, two, three!" They both counted.
Both Emily and Amelia did a backflip jump and used Electro Ball to destroy a big number of drones. After that, they both glowed and turned back into their bot forms. After that they landed on the floor, they started getting surrounded by drones.
"I don't mean to be impertinent. But right now I think we're at a disadvantage." Luna said as she stood back to back with Trionix.
"The same goes for me." Trionix said as she switched on her battle mask as her optics blazed a bright blue.
Meanwhile in the streets of Detroit, Optimus was driving fast to reach his team to give them the help that they needed. Even though Trionix took over as temporary leader when he's absent, his team still needed him. Not far from him, Sentinel and Ultra Magnus were right behind him.
"Optimus Prime! Have you fried your processor?! Pull over now!" Sentinel yelled at him but Optimus wasn't going to do it. The safety of his team is what matters to him.
"My team is in danger, they need my help! Commander, please let me go help them!" Optimus exclaimed to Ultra Magnus.
Ultra Magnus doesn't say anything but after a moment of silence he has come to a decision.
"Then by all means. Go, Optimus Prime, save your team! Sentinel Prime and I shall be right behind you, go!" Ultra Magnus said as Optimus would have smiled in his bot form.
"Thank you, sir." Optimus said before he accelerated with the two right behind him.
Meanwhile outside the plant, the Autobots were facing a dire situation as the drones were overwhelming them.
"Bulkhead! Behind you!" Prowl shouted and jumped to his rescue.
Prowl started using his weapons to destroy the drones that were gonna attack Bulkhead from behind as he spun around while throwing ninja stars and Jazz was impressed.
"Wow. The classic metallikato five servos of doom attack. But have you seen this one?" Jazz said in an impressed tone.
Jazz started taking out his cyber nunchucks and with his astonishing speed he took down a whole bunch of drones as Prowl was impressed.
"Impressive." Prowl said with a smirk.
"Guess you never got that far in your Cyber Ninja training." Jazz said fondly.
Jazz started using his speed to take down the drones. Suddenly a bunch of drones started to surround Prowl. To avoid getting shot from both sides, he jumped but one drone hit Prowl from behind and took him down. Then three drones were about to shoot him but they were taken down by Optimus' axe throw.
"Mind if I cut in?" Optimus said as he held his axe at the ready.
Seeing that Optimus arrived was a relief to everyone as Trionix smiled behind her battle mask.
"Optimus. Glad you're here. Look out!" Trionix said but shouted in worry.
Trionix warned Optimus to be careful of the drones behind him. Optimus turned around in surprise but help was coming.
"Optimus Prime, behind you!" Ultra Magnus shouted in worry.
Ultra Magnus and Sentinel Prime had arrived just in time to assist Optimus and his team. Ultra Magnus helped Optimus and smashed the drones behind him as the young Prime smiled thankfully.
"Thanks, Commander!" Optimus said with a nod.
Ultra Magnus and Sentinel Prime started transforming as Ultra Magnus got into a battle stance.
"What's the situation here?" He asked as Optimus was quick to analyze the situation.
"This assembly line is going crazy. It's creating a vast army of drones. The more we destroy, the more they come." Optimus deduced as he nodded.
"That's a whole lot of bogus, Optimus." Sentinel chided as Optimus let out a frustrated sigh before pointing to the assembly line.
"Tell that to them!" Optimus exclaimed. His patience was wearing thin with him.
Optimus points at the whole army of drones coming out of the assembly line.
"Ah, we're completely surrounded!" Trionix yelled before Luna had an idea.
"Let's use our move." She suggested.
"Good idea." Trionix grinned.
Both femmes started taking out their signature swords. Then they started turning around back to back fast enough to create a huge tornado and when the drones started to shoot at them, they sent the lasers back to them. After taking down a few drones with that move, they both stopped using their move only to find more drones coming at them.
"Is this serious?" Luna growled in annoyance.
"We can't give up now!" Trionix exclaimed.
While the others were taking care of the drones, Sari was running for her life. When Sentinel saw that she was coming straight for him and Ultra Magnus, he started using his shield to create a force field that would keep Sari away. Sari stopped and quickly ran somewhere to hide.
"We should return to the ship, sir! Every moment we're out here, we risk organic contamination!" Sentinel warned Ultra Magnus.
"It's no use! No matter how many we destroy, they just keep coming!" Ratchet yelled as he used his magnet cannons.
"Then we need to shut down that assembly line!" Optimus exclaimed
"And how are we gonna do that?" Luna questioned as she shield herself from the attack.
"I'll do it with my key!" Sari yelled.
Sari started running toward Optimus who got down and covered Sari with his servos as he looked down to her.
"It's too dangerous, Sari. You can't go in like that." Optimus told her as he was worried for her safety.
"As long as the company's name is Sumdac, it's my responsibility... whether I like it or not." Sari said and was able to convince Optimus before he turned to everyone.
"Okay, Bulkhead, Ratchet, Bumblebee! Keep the drones busy out here!" Optimus ordered the two who nodded and Bumblebee gave a thumbs up.
"Prowl, you and I will sneak Sari inside through the loading dock!" Optimus said and ducked just as Trionix hit the drone with her blade.
"We'll go with you, Optimus." Trionix volunteered.
"You'll need our help." Luna added as he appreciated the help.
"Thanks. Let's go." Optimus nodded.
Optimus, Prowl, Trionix and Luna all transform and start heading toward the plant as Optimus lets Sari climb in. Jazz saw them transformed and followed suit and followed them from behind.
"Mind if I join?" He asked.
When they got inside. Optimus and his team race through the plant to get to the main controls of the assembly lines. They all started transforming back and running on foot.
"Prowl, Jazz! Stay here and do not let a single drone get out of this plant! Trionix and Luna, come with me!" Optimus ordered.
"Roger that, Prime!" Jazz nodded as he was silently impressed by Optimus' leadership skills.
"We're right behind you, Optimus!" Luna said as they noticed drones from both ends of the room.
"Go! We'll hold them off!" Jazz told them.
Both Prowl and Jazz started taking out the drones that were coming from either side of the room. Optimus along with Trionix and Luna started running toward the main controls of the assembly line when they got there. Optimus put Sari down so she can use her key.
"Use the key! Hurry!" Optimus urged her to the controls.
Sari ran to the controls and used her key into the main controls and just like that she shut down the whole plant.
"Alright! We did it!" Luna cheered.
"And that is why the company name is Sumdac." Sari said with a triumphant grin.
Meanwhile outside the plant, the Autobots were still fighting the drones. Knowing he needs to end things, Ultra Magnus started to charge up his hammer.
"Autobots, disengage!" Ultra Magnus ordered. Seeing that Magnus was planning something, Ratchet got everyone to get back.
Ultra Magnus started using the power of his war hammer to draw on the potential electricity in the air to destroy the remaining drones. After the electrical blasts, every drone was destroyed as Bulkhead's jaw dropped.
"Whoa... Now I get why they call you Ultra Magnus." Bumblebee whistled in awe.
Seeing that Optimus and the others hadn't returned yet, Sentinel transformed and drove towards the plant to get inside. Meanwhile inside the assembly line, something was going on as Sari was having trouble getting her key out.
"My key is stuck! I can't get it out!" Sari strained as she was pulling on her key.
"What's going on?" Luna asked in worry as Trionix was worried.
"I don't know." Trionix shook her helm. She didn't know but she was getting a feeling that there was something that could've caused the assembly line to go crazy.
"That panel's gonna overload!" Optimus exclaimed.
"Step away from that panel!" Sentinel ordered.
Sentinel surprised everyone as he transformed and from the looks of it, he's really mad and annoyed.
"Don't be a fool, Sentinel. This thing is about to blow us all sky high." Trionix told him with narrowed optics.
"Doesn't surprise me. Stand down." Sentinel scoffed and ordered as she glared at him.
"I can't do that, Sentinel. I have to stop this panel from overloading." Optimus told him but Sentinel was at the end of his wits.
"I think you've done enough, Optimus. I'll make sure you're tried for high treason for destroying the Allspark. Now come with me." Sentinel ordered and that was enough to shut Optimus up.
Optimus stays silent for a moment. It was just as Sentinel said early. He knew what his place was. However Trionix felt inside her spark that Optimus had to stand up for himself for once. She doesn't care if she gets arrested but all she want is for Optimus to stand up for himself and not let Sentinel have the pleasure of talking him down.
"Don't do this, Optimus. You must remember what the true meaning of being a hero is. A hero is one who endured and keeps fighting no matter what others say about him." Trionix told him as Sentinel gave her a warning look and she gave a firm and stern look instead.
"Oh, put a muffler in it. All this bogus talk about being a hero is pure nonsense. So just do us a favor and keep your servos out of this. Besides Optimus knows inside his spark that he doesn't have what it takes to be a true hero. Deep down he knows what he really is. A failure. Last chance, Optimus. Is it a yes or a no?" Sentinel said as he smirked, feeling like he won this argument but Trionix knows that Optimus can do this.
Optimus didn't say anything. And yet he had a serious look on his optics. As if what Trionix said had reached his spark. So for the first time in millennia, Optimus did something that he has never done before. Stood up for himself. Trionix's words gave him the strength to do it and he's going to use it.
"No." Optimus said as he narrowed his optics at Sentinel who was surprised.
"No? Then let me reformulate. Come with me now." Sentinel ordered, more like demanded.
"No!" Optimus said again but more firmly and Sentinel was even more surprised but mad.
Where did this sudden act of defiance come from? Then he remembered how the femme, Trionix, gave Optimus a wise choice of words and it gave Optimus the strength to stand up for himself.
"That wasn't a request! That's a direct order, Optimus! So either you give up easily. Or I'll take you down as the failure you are." Sentinel said but Optimus has had enough of his slag.
"Let me make this clear to you, Sentinel. It's Optimus Prime! I may be an Elite Guard washout, and a glitch detail flunky. But the last time I checked, you and I still have equal rank. So, Sentinel Prime, take your order and your condescending attitude and stick it in your hard drive! You're on my turf now!" Optimus said as he stood to his full height.
"By the time I'm through with you, you won't even outrank a protoform!" Sentinel seethed angrily but shut up from the glare Luna was sending him as Trionix had a proud look in her optics.
Optimus walked towards the main controls where Sari was, completely ignoring what Sentinel told him. Sari was still trying to unstick her key. With one swing of his axe, Optimus destroyed the control panel as Sari was sent flying back with her key in hand and something else.
"A little warning next time?" Sari said as she was picked up by Luna.
"Hey, look. There's something on the floor." Trionix said as she noticed something glowing.
Optimus grabbed the tiny object on the floor. It looks like some type of crystal but Optimus knew what it was.
"What was that?" Sentinel questioned in confusion as Optimus showed it to him.
"Your proof." Optimus said with a triumphant look.
After finding that fragment, Optimus and the others took it to Ultra Magnus who was able to confirm what it was after looking at it closely.
"Definitely appears to be a fragment of the Allspark. Apparently your story about dispersing it may not be so far fetched after all." Ultra Magnus said with a small yet proud smile.
"But, sir! You can't honestly believe that! He's a lying, insubordinate crankshaft!" Sentinel said but Ultra Magnus knows when Optimus is telling the truth or not as he glanced at the team as his optics lingers on both Optimus and Trionix as the two were exhibiting an aura of a leader.
"True he may be rough around the edges." Ultra Magnus started a little hesitant.
"But in the heat of battle, Optimus Prime exhibited the qualities of a true leader. Strategic thinking, determination and above all, loyalty. Something you could stand to learn a thing or two about, Sentinel Prime." Ultra Magnus said as he glanced at Sentinel.
What Ultra Magnus told Sentinel Prime shocked him a bit before giving in.
"Yes, sir..." Sentinel looked down.
The sight was enough to get Luna to smirk and snort in amusement.
"Uh oh, something tells me he didn't like that." Luna said in amusement.
"He truly deserved it." Trionix said with a small giggle.
"Hey don't be dissing SP like that. Although you're right he did deserve it." Jazz said as he couldn't help but agree that Sentinel deserved it.
"You're very smooth, Jazz." Luna said as the two fist bumped.
"That's how I am. Tell me, is the Jazz on your earth as smooth as I am?" Jazz said before he grew curious about his counterpart where both Trionix and Luna came from.
"Yes, he is. Thanks for covering for us. Just one thing. Why did you decide to help us?" Luna nodded before asking.
"Let's just say you've made me a bit curious." Jazz said with a smile.
Sari saw the whole bunch of wrecked police drones and started getting discouraged about how she would explain all of this mess.
"How am I gonna explain this to Mr. Powell?" Sari questioned in dismay.
"Nevermind that, who's gonna clean this mess?" Bumblebee asked in confusion. Who's gonna clean the whole mess up.
"I guess cleaning up is a job that perfectly fits you, Optimus." Sentinel said smugly as he felt his ego inflating more but Trionix was quick to get his ego flat.
"Hey, sweeper head. How about you start sweeping the whole place?" Trionix suggested with a smirk.
"Me? Clean all of this? No way." Sentinel said as he backed away and looked to Ultra Magnus for help but was dismayed when his leader had a look of agreement.
"Actually, I think she has a point. You could try and be useful." Ultra Magnus agreed with Trionix.
He couldn't understand but something about Trionix makes him want to agree with her suggestions plus there was something about the way she leads, talks and walks that makes her a leader in situations or possibly a leader of a faction.
"Yes, sir." Sentinel sighed in defeat.
Sentinel transformed and used his vehicle mode to sweep the whole mess while the others looked at his work as some of them seemed to enjoy this.
"How long do you think this might take him?" Ratchet asked as he tried to stop himself from laughing.
"Considering how impatient he is, a million cycles." Optimus let out a small chuckle in amusement as that made Trionix let out a soft laugh.
"Hahahahaha, good one." Trionix laughed before Optimus turned to her.
"Hey, by the way. Thanks for what you said earlier, Trionix. It really helped me." Optimus said with a smile which she returned.
"No big deal. Besides, like I said earlier you guys are the best heroes ever." Trionix said with a smile as they went back to watch Sentinel clean up the mess.
After cleaning up the mess with Sentinel doing most of the work, both Sari and Bumblebee returned to the tower of Sumdac Systems to resume their work. But when Sari tried entering her office, her access was denied which confused the two.
"Hey! Why's my office locked?" Sari asked as she banged on the door.
Powell started appearing through video call with a smirk.
"Miss Sumdac! I regret to inform you that your services will no longer be required. The board has unanimously elected me to take over as CEO of Sumdac Systems." He said as Sari couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"You can't do that! It's still my family's company!" Sari countered as Powell showed her a data paper with her picture on it.
"Is it? I took the liberty of doing some research into your claim. It might interest you to know that there is no will, no birth certificate, no adoption papers, social security number or any kind of record for a Sari Sumdac." Powell said as Sari was in disbelief as she backed away in shock.
"Are you saying I can't prove I'm Isaac Sumdac's daughter?" Sari questioned as Powell let out a smirk.
"I'm saying you can't prove you even exist." Powell said as he crossed his arms.
What Powell said shocked Sari. She could not believe what he had said as she stood by the door in frozen shock. What would it mean for her, for her father's company?