Hello, bots and cons. Centurion Maximo here and welcome to what I like to call: Transformers Rewritten. I call it that because this was inspired by a Youtube comment I found, and it was about the Bayformers movies and how they could've actually worked. Thus, I'm giving it a try. A couple of things will remain the same like the date, a couple characters on the Decepticon side, but the differences will completely outweigh the similarities.

Now, a new Transformers game called Transformers: Reactivate has been announced. I'm hopeful for this game. That's all I will say until we know more.

Anyway, I've read a few Bayformers rewrites and they're pretty damn good, so I'm trying one of my own.

Now, let's try this out!


Cybertron… Home to a once-peaceful race was torn apart by war. Two factions fought for the source of life and power: The Allspark. The Autobots, who fight for freedom and justice, and the Decepticons, warriors of evil who sought the Allspark for nefarious purposes. After millions of years of war, the Allspark was launched into space, prompting the Decepticon leader Megatron to follow it to its projected destination.

Now, the search for the Allspark has brought their conflict to a strange new world. This world will not be ready for their war, their warriors, but they have come. Their fates and the future of this new world, if not the entire universe shall be decided here.

One shall stand, One shall fall!

TRANSFORMERS REWRITTEN

*Qatar. Qatar Desert. 16:21 pm*

A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey had just landed on the forward SOCCENT base in Qatar, and five men stepped out: Lennox, Epps, Burke, Donelly, and Fig. They'd just finished another mission and were only going to do a couple more missions before leave. "Can't wait to go back home." Burke commented.

"You said it, Burke. Can't wait to get back to my chemistry along with a hot dog and a flat beer." Donelly said.

"What about you, Captain?" Epps asked with a smile.

"I just can't wait to get back to my family." Lennox smiled, wanting to go back home himself after the last couple of missions.

Meanwhile, a lone Sikorsky MH-53 Helicopter was flying through the desert. The SOCCENT Forward Operations Base was a few kilometers out. Soon, two human jets reached the chopper and directed it toward the base. Seconds later, the helicopter opened fire, destroying the planes. Soon, the chopper was alone when it reached the base, all electronics on said base started short-circuiting and going offline. "Have your crew step out or we will open fire." The base's commanding officer ordered.

The helicopter did power down, but not in the way the humans thought. Instead, the chopper shifted into a giant robot, stunning the colonel into being completely speechless and only a look of utter shock and fear. The soldiers fired back, but their bullets merely bounced off the robot's armor. The robot enacted a massive sonic blast, shattering glass and shorting out lights.

"Lennox! We're under attack!" Epps shouted in fear running toward Lennox, Burke, Donelly, and Fig. The five-man squad began running from the unknown assailant.

Meanwhile, the robot was causing insane amounts of destruction as it tore off the roof of a particular building, and started stealing data. Though, after six minutes, the robot's data transfer was cut off by a human before being killed. Lennox and his team made it out before the robot's back seemingly opened up and deployed a cybertronic scorpion that screeched loudly before digging underground.

Soon enough, the entire base was completely destroyed with seemingly no survivors. Flames were everywhere in the area that used to be a military base. Admiring the handiwork for a minute, the robot transformed into its helicopter mode and flew off. "Blackout, come in." A digitally filtered voice suddenly callen in over the comms.

"Blackout here, Soundwave." Blackout replied.

"Have you accomplished your mission?" Soundwave asked.

"Unfortunately, I was actually cut off during data transfer." Blackout reluctantly admitted. "However, I have deployed Scorponok to hunt down and kill any supposed survivors."

"Acknowledged." Soundwave said. "Have you found anything pertaining to Lord Megatron's location?"

"Unfortunately, I was cut off before I could uncover anything." Blackout growled.

"I will deploy Frenzy later on and download more information regarding Lord Megatron and the Allspark." Soundwave informed.

"A good plan, Soundwave." Blackout said. "Just continue to be careful of Starscream. His incompetence is going to get us all offline."

"I am aware of that. Starscream doesn't want Lord Megatron coming back." Soundwave said. "Other Decepticons have landed on Earth and have scanned alternate modes to continue the search."

"Understood. Returning to the Nemesis now." Blackout said, flying back to his landing point, overly confident that Scorponok would take care of any survivors of his massacre. When he reached his destination, there was a pod large enough to house him. Transforming to robot mode, he entered the pod and it took off back to the Nemesis.

*The Nemesis. Unknown Time*

Blackout had returned to the Nemesis where he met up with Soundwave privately. "Any sign of Starscream?"

"No. He is on Earth instructing Barricade, Dispensor, and Sandstorm." Soundwave answered.

Blackout sighed in frustration. "Starscream is so consumed with a penchant for self-worship that he can't see the bigger picture."

"Luckily, there are Decepticons like you and I who acknowledge that we need Lord Megatron back in order to achieve true victory against the Autobots." Soundwave reasoned. "Soon, Frenzy will be deployed and he will obtain more information."

"Good. We must complete our two primary objectives." Blackout said, his red optics glowing a bit brighter.

*Witwicky Residence. Living Room, Massachusetts. 7:21 am*

Spike who was 16 years old with short brown hair, blue eyes wearing a simple white t-shirt, denim jeans, and black and white sneakers was making breakfast for himself when his father, Sparkplug, walked in. "Morning, son."

"Morning, Dad." Spike replied with a smile. "How's retirement treating you?"

"Well, Spike, I have no complaints. I rather like the simple life of being a mechanic rather than a military man. I enjoy spending time with my son." Sparkplug answered, eliciting a wider smile from his son. "Besides, I was able to pull a couple strings and get you a present for your 16th birthday, albeit a little late."

"Thanks, Dad. What did you get me?" Spike asked, excited to find out.

"Come with me." Spike followed his father into their house's garage where Sparkplug took off a tarp, revealing a used yellow Volkswagen Beetle. Spike was happy getting such a gift from his dad. "This is what you deserve for your good grades. What do you think?"

"I love it, Dad." Spike gave his father a hug. "Anything I can tinker with?"

"Not that I can think of, but knock yourself out." Sparkplug shrugged. "Who knows, you might find something special with this car." Spike was smiling the whole time he began working on the old Beetle, finding very little wrong with it despite being apparently used. Later, he told Sparkplug he was taking it for a small drive to test it out and went out. What drew him in with the interior was a symbol on the center of the steering wheel that looked like a robotic face.


Hello, everyone. Well, here's the first chapter of my Bayverse rewrite project and I hope you all liked it. As you've read, I'm replacing Sam with Spike and Sparkplug, but I'm keeping Blackout and Scorponok, though Soundwave will still be a thing. Another change is Bumblebee's alt mode is the Volkswagen Beetle from Bumblebee (2018), for now at least. I also have Spike and Sparkplug living in Massachusetts.

What I kept the same was Blackout's attack on the SOCCENT base in Qatar and him deploying Scorponok to hunt down and kill survivors, if any. We also get a conversation between Blackout and Soundwave which briefly mentions Starscream. Another conversation between the two happens when Blackout returns to the Nemesis.

As usual, if anyone has any ideas, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me.