Tekkaman Prime

ESKK: Well here we go a brand new chapter so let's get this started.

(Start Jasper High School)

A few things had changed since the events involving Shara and among those things were Kicker transferring in from out of town. Of course Misha, Lori, and Coby also transferred in with Coby going to the local Middle School. Of course Misha had ended up in the advance classes and shared a few classes with Raf. But the biggest shock came in the form of Shara as her first day to class was a bit of an uproar among the class. Mainly when she was introduced where the boys saw her.

She came in and all it took was a smile and the boys all wanted her. Of course upon learning she was the younger sister of Nick Carter and quick friends with a Cheerleader put Shara as an untouchable fruit that made the guys want her more. Needless to say Nick was already thinking this was a bad idea to let Shara attend school at all. Oddly enough Shara tend to like sun dressed when going out and this made most of the guys want her even more unaware of her being a techno-Organic Tekkaman. Of course Elita volunteered to be Shara's guardian since well Shara did have a small bit of Elita inside her making them practically related. Nick personally thought Shara appreciated it since she was barely a toddler when their mother died in that fire saving Cain. While out of the base Shara got her own room at the Darby household as June often joked about taking in more strays every day. Nick was moved into Jack's room while Shara got her own room. Nick understood the reason Shara was a girl who needed her space.

Pegas basically roomed with Arcee in the Garage whenever Ironhide was out and vice versa. Though Pegas does have to stay at the base as often as possible Moonracer felt it was good for the Techno-bot to have some socializing skills. Radan of course had been silent as of late but whenever that happened it was the Cons who picked up the slack. The Autobots have been confronting the Decepticons in multiple confrontations and the Combaticons have been the ones leading the charge for it. Needless to say it was not a good thing for the bots to have a losing streak but Bruticus was a Combiner and they got lucky last time they faced him. Of course Shara had taken a bit of a change in personality ever since she was 'reformatted,' as the Bots put it. She had become something of some spiritual being as Nick often found her meditating which he found odd but let it be.

Thankfully her powers did not come with the 30 minute limited like Nicks did and with it she was able to handle the battles better. But Nick knew his sister and she was no fighter and often seen her work with Ratchet in the event a Bot comes in injured or talking medicine with June. She was the Argos Doctor so she being their doctor helped with that. Currently Nick was getting ready to head out as he found Shara waiting outside as she spoke with Sierra.

"Hey Nick!" Shara called out as Nick looked and walked over to Shara and Sierra. "Isn't this great it almost feels like we're back to our normal lives." Shara said as she clearly enjoyed being back in school.

"Yeah." Nick said as he smiled a bit to Shara. "Anyway, Shara we better be heading to base soon." Nick said as then the door opened and from it Miko and Kicker came out.

"Freedom!" Miko called out as she came out with Kicker behind her nearly bashing into Nick.

"What is it?" Nick asked as he wanted to be fast about this.

"So, get this Nick buddy pal apparently we need a second for the times you can't be." Kicker began only for Nick to cut him off.

"I'm still thinking on it so stop bringing it up." Nick said as Kicker has been trying to be second ever since he found out about it. It's good he's trying to take the initiative, but Nick wants Kicker to show he's worthy of it not just say he is.

"Dammit." Kicker cursed as Miko laughed a bit.

"Nice try Kicker." Miko said as she had a feeling that would not work. "Someday." Miko said and in turn a few honks got their attention. "And there's our rides." Miko said as the group looked and saw Ironhide, Moonracer, Firestar, Bumblebee, Chromia, Arcee, and Bulkhead waiting outside for them. This no doubt meant that at the moment Optimus, Ratchet, Jetfire, Elita, and Perceptor were at the base at the moment.

In turn Lori and Coby went for Moonracer while Kicker and Misha went for Firestar. Sierra mounted Chromia's Side care as the femme had her hard light copy on the saddle at the moment. Moonracer had already went and picked up Coby hence why she came straight here after words. One by one the bots drove off with their partners as Bulkhead drove off with heavy metal music blaring on his speakers.

Nick and Shara were the last two there as Nick opened the door for Shara so she can get in. Of course, Shara was grateful and appreciated her brother for doing that, but she did not like being treated like she was still inept. Sure, she was dying before the reformatting happened but thanks to the Autobots she was better than ever. Of course, that was a bit of youthful arrogance on her part which she had taken careful note to control.

As Nick got ready to leave, he noted Vince and his muscle car was still here. "Hey compensating much Carter?" Vince asked while leaning on his car while Nick glared at him.

"Depends how many girls have found out about yours after a ride on your compensation?" Nick asked gesturing to Vince and his car causing the jock to glare at Nick. Once Nick was in the driver's seat, he made it look like he started the engine and in turn drove off.

(On the road)

"That was a good one, kid." Ironhide praised as he drove Nick and Shara to base.

"Honestly his car is one of the most annoying things I've seen and heard." Nick said as he sat and made it look like he was driving.

"And with that I cannot argue." Shara agreed as they eventually got to a stop light. Shara's side had the window open as she liked to feel the breeze from the wind sometimes. Just then the sound of a familiar pain in the ass was heard and in turn Vince drove up on his muscle car. Shara of course saw him and in turn wanted to roll her eyes a bit at the jocks arrival.

"Hey Carter's, what's the hurry?" Vince asked as Nick tapped his finger waiting for the red light to turn green.

"Is there something I can help you with Vince, was it?" Nick asked as he kept his eyes on the road making a jab at Vince while he was at it.

"I was just thinking your sister is single, isn't she?" Vince began as Nick went wide eyed as his left eye began to twitch. Shara saw this and knew Vince was treading on thin ice now. "I was just thinking she'd prefer riding in four wheels of muscle car instead of that road tank of yours." Vince said as clearly trying to get some with Shara just to spite Nick. Shara saw it and in turn knew if Cain was here Vince would be rolling home as a head.

(Meanwhile with Cain)

Cain was currently at the newly acquired Radan location when his body began to shake during a conversation with Omega. It was not even a normal shake, but an angry shake and Cain knew not where it came from. "Evil what is wrong?" Omega asked as Cain then looked to his commanding officer.

"I don't know why... but for some reason I just had the sudden urge to hunt down a human jock and smash his muscle car and tear him limb from limb with its parts." Cain said as he looked to Omega who nodded a bit as if expecting it.

'Good I wasn't the only one.' Omega thought to himself when Cain said that.

(Back with Nick and Shara)

As the two waited for the light to change color Shara was about to answer when red turned to green. Driving off Nick was thankful to Ironhide as he was about ready to punch Vince's face in. "Thank you." Nick said as he looked to Ironhide's dashboard.

"Don't mention it kid, that punk was getting to you I know." Ironhide said as he figured a hasty retreat was needed.

"You know I'm fully capable of answering for myself Nick." Shara said as she looked to her brother.

"I know." Nick said as he had his eyes on the road at the moment.

Just then they hit another red light and in turn Vince returned as he drove up next to the siblings. "Listen, Vince I doubt my sister would even consider going into your car." Nick said as he answered for Shara which annoyed her.

"Come on Carter, your sister is a grown girl let her do the talking." Vince said and in turn Shara while annoyed with Nick wasn't annoyed enough to get back at him.

"Yeah, and as for my answer, get a flat tire." Shara said and in turn left Vince shocked as she closed the window on him while smirking at the jock. Ironhide then drove off once the light turned green and in turn they were gone.

(On the road)

"Nicely done Shara." Nick said as he drove the car.

"Yeah great." Shara said as she glared away from Nick clearly upset.

"Are you ok?" Nick asked as he looked to Shara as they left the town to the Autobot base.

"I'm just peachy." Shara said but from her tone Nick saw she was not happy.

"Shara if you're still upset about." Nick began but Shara cut him off then.

"You don't get it Nick, I'm not inept." Shara countered as clearly her mood was not getting better.

"I worry ok after what happened with." Nick began but Shara cut him off.

"That's not what I meant Nick!" She yelled as it was clear she was not happy with Nick.

"Then what is it?" Nick asked and thus Shara turned back to the window to look outside. All the while Shara was giving Nick the silent treatment.

(Scene Break Decepticon Warship)

Nightbird was fighting off multiple Vehicon Troopers as many of them were on standby between missions. As this happened Nightbird pinned one before grabbing another by the neck. With a quick move both Cons were down adding to the pile of groaning troops around her. "You call yourselves Decepticons! Even a protoform has more fight then any of you do!" Nightbird yelled as she glared at the bested Cons for this training exercise.

"Nightbird!" Came Megatron as he and Soundwave calmly approached her. Nightbird stood up straight as she looked to her lord and master.

"Lord Megatron pardon me I was for lack of better terms, beating the troops into shape." Nightbird said as she hardly was one to stay idle for long.

"I can see that." Megatron said as he saw a pair limping out of the ring.

"What do I owe this honor?" Nightbird asked as she awaited Megatron's next order.

"I have a mission for you." Megatron said and thus gestured to Soundwave who showed what he had detected.

"It seems Soundwave has detected an unusual form of Energon." Nightbird said as she looked to the group.

"Precisely I want you to take a team down and investigate it." Megatron ordered as Soundwave understood.

"As you command." She said with a bow to the Leader of the Decepticons. "Shall I bring the Combaticons with me?" Nightbird asked and thus Megatron nodded.

"Yes, lately they have been useful in stifling Autobot interference." Megatron said and thus opted to push on their advantage.

"As you wish." Nightbird said and thus with a bow took her leave to gather her team and the Combaticons.

(Meanwhile back at the Autobot base)

"So Shara is apparently ticked with me." Nick said as he was with Jack, Raf, Kicker, Coby, and Bud.

"How come?" Kicker asked as he had a can of soda in his hand from their mini fridge.

"I'm not sure it just popped up after a confrontation with Vince." Nick said as Jack could get that much.

"Yeah, but I sense he wasn't the cause." Jack said as he was playing a round of video games with Coby.

"No, he was not because if he was, she'd be angry at her and not me." Nick said as he sat on the sofa with the group.

"Well, if you want my advice." Kicker began as he was an older brother as well. "Let her cool off and wait for it to blow over." Kicker said as he then took a swing of his soda. "Trust me it works every time with my sister." Kicker said as Nick highly doubted that.

Just then Ratchet's station started to go off as everyone looked to him. "Optimus I've detected an unknown source of Energon and." Ratchet began as the image zoomed in to show the holographic image of a ship. "An Autobot distress signal." Ratchet said and thus Elita saw this.

"Last time we checked one of those out Optimus nearly got fragged by a plague." Arcee said as she still remembered that incident.

"But if there are Autobots in distress we need to look into it." Elita said and in turn took command. "Optimus with your permission I'll take my team and Ironhide to investigate it." Elita said as she stood to Optimus wishing to avoid a repeat performance of the Cybonic Plague.

"Granted, Ratchet you will accompany them and bring your medical kit there may be Autobots in distress." Optimus said and in turn Ratchet nodded acknowledging the given order.

"Understood." Ratchet said and in turn the group got moving to investigate this signal.

(Scene Break Signal Source)

The ground bridge open up to the crash site being in the middle of a large forest where least that no human would come to, with the femme team, Ironhide, and Ratchet all arrived safely with no enemy in site… yet.

With Ironhide had his guns out, securing the area as he walk next to Ratchet with the Femme team covering their backs at the moment, as they soon arrived at a clearing from the trees as it was the ship crash site, or at least most with the backside of the ship seems to be missing, to the clear site of the back side of the ship was sticking up after a bit of a roll it seems, with the back side was just torn to pieces, but it was still recognizable to Elita as she said like she knows something about it, "This is…"

"Autobot Base to team Elita, is everything alright?" Misha spoken over the coms, no doubt acting as the technician at the moment with ratchet in the field as Elita came upon the site herself as Elita said, "We arrived at the site, no sign of any survivors of the crash, as well no Decepticon or Radan in site either."

"Roger that, keep in contact for further updates," Misha said Elita nodded and said, "Understood, about to further investigate."

"Standing by," Misha said as she stop talking over the coms as Elita look over to her team and give a nod to them as they spread out to secure the area around the ship while herself Ironhide and ratchet started to head in as Ratchet said, "Stay on guard after the last crashed Autobot ship we do not wish for another Cybonic Plague incident."

(In the ship)

With the Autobot looking inside the ship, the group were broken into two groups to search the upper half of the ship and with the power of the ship was out, at least in the halls, so they were using their headlights on their bodies to see, as Ironhide said, "Seem pretty empty for a ship in distress. Who was it that send that distress signal?"

"The Automatic control may have, as in the event of a crash with no one at the controls themselves, the ship sent out the signal to any nearby Autobots, but this is sort of strange I do not recognize this ship," Ratchet said as Elita suddenly said, "It's the Exodus. An old carrier ship that was build back in the day."

"How do you know of this ship?" Ratchet said as Elita soon said, "It was one of many ship that came by the Docks to transport precious cargo of all sort of medical to weapons, even transported a large crew of minicons once too, and no doubt what is or was on this ship could be very important."

When all eyes looked to Elita the femme leader sighed a bit as she figured they were curious. "I was dock worker before the war so I know docks and transport vessels." Elita said as Ironhide figured that was the case here.

"If we could find something that could tip in our favor in this war that is," Ironhide said with Ratchet said to them, "At least it's not a plague ship, everything appears to be clear of anything deadly that is known of."

Ratchet was getting a good scan of the whole ship as they walk down the halls and soon after a bit of searching, they came upon a room with lights were on, the bare minimal at least that were shining down some cylinder containers with a light shining from a small window of them, as they enter the room itself as Elita said, "I believe this is where the Stasis Pods were located, if there are any members of this crew that had survived the crash, they might be in here."

"Let have a look then," Ratchet said as he soon got to work as he came to a computer terminal and started to unlock them as soon enough with each container give out a hissing sound as a cold puff of some sort of gas escape the containers. Soon one by one they started to open and to their relief they were Autobots as they check over them as suddenly Ironhide suddenly said in excitement, "No way, it's Hound! I wonder where this guy went."

"A friend of yours I'm guessing?" Elita asked with Ironhide nodded and said, "Yeah, one of the Wreckers and a good one too. He always lock and loaded to take on any cons that got in his way."

"It seem we have more familiar faces here," Ratchet said as he came upon one Autobot that Ratchet was very familiar with as were Elita and Ironhide as he Ironhide said, "I can't believe it."

"Is that… Jazz?" Elita asked as she spot one of the Autobot 1st Lieutenant, Jazz.

(Outside the ship)

A Ground bridge opened up and from it Nightbird came out followed by Thunderblast, Shadowstriker, Slipstream, Arachnid, and the Combaticons. When they exited the portal it was Arachnid who recognized the ship for what it was. "An Autobot transport vessel." Arachnid said as she looked upon the ship. "And to think I was pulled from my research for this." Arachnid said as Nightbird ignored the Spider Femme while the others kept a close eye on her.

"No doubt the Autobots have also detected the signal and since this is their vessel." Shadowstriker trailed off as the warning was there.

"They'll do what they can to secure it and keep us from whatever Autobot technology it holds." Onslaught said as the Combaticon Leader began to scheme on this. Meanwhile Nightbird felt around the ground and saw tread marks not their own there causing Nightbird to activate her blasters.

"Decepticons it seems that the Autobots found it first." Nightbird said and thus the information got the Cons moving. "Fan out and call in if you find them." Nightbird said as she glared directly at Arachnid. "Arachnid you'll be with me." Nightbird said showing she was doing this to keep a close eye on her personally to prevent another attempt at her spark.

"Of course, Nightbird." Arachnid began only to be growled at causing her to reverse a bit. "I mean Commander Nightbird." Arachnid said and thus Nightbird scoffed and lead them into the ship.

(Back inside the ship)

Ratchet had managed to get the Autobots inside the pods awake as it seems they had been through the ringer. The long standing Stasis and possibly trauma from the trash may have rattled their circuits which was catching up to them. "Easy fellow Autobots you are among friends." Elita said as she helped Jazz to a nearby seat.

"Commander Elita? Haven't seen you're, sweet face since Cybertron." Jazz said as he sounded something of a hip hop rapper.

"Where are we?" Came one of the femme's who had wings on her back and what appeared to be war pain on her face.

"A small backwater planet called Earth." Arcee said as she looked to the femme in question.

"Cannons?!" Hound was the next to speak as Ironhide heard this.

"Hey, Hound how you, doing!?" Ironhide asked and thus the two big bots bashed chaste to each other in greeting.

"Ready for the boom." Hound said as the cannon on his shoulder was primed and ready for combat.

"Take it easy boys, boom time isn't now." Chromia said as she looked to the two Autobots.

"Sorry bout that ma'am." Hound as Elita looked to the new arrivals.

"Jazz what can you report of this crash?" Elita asked as she looked to a fellow Autobot.

"Long story short not much, our cargo was a valuable asset to the cause, our reserves were running on empty and we ended up entering stasis to conserve our own Energon." Jazz said and in turn the other femme of the group began to come to as Arcee noticed something. "Is it just me or a good chunk of these guys are fliers?" Arcee asked as she noticed three of the new Autobots had wings.

"The name is Wingsaber ace pilot and best flier since Jetfire." Wingsaber said clearly unaware that Jetfire was on the planet as well.

"Yeah, in your dreams fly boy." The femme flier said with a small scoff. "Commander One I'm Windblade." Windblade introduced to the Femme Bots leader.

"A city speaker?" Elita asked as she knew of the City Speakers the ones who can communicate with the Titans who once made up the foundation of many Autobot cities and colonies.

"I... yes." Windblade said showing that she had a rare but useless gift since there were no Titans for her to speak to.

"Anyway, I'm sure you already know Powerglide." Jazz said pointing his thumb over to Powerglide.

"Hard not to." Elita said as she knew how Powerglide was a huge help when Trypticon attacked the fleeing Autobot ships when Cybertron went dark.

But before the final member of the crew could introduce themselves she did it herself by way of a surprised and happy gasp. "You're Ratchet!" The youngest of them cried out as she looked directly to the now surprised Ratchet.

"Y-yes I am." Ratchet said at a lost at the surprised and happy reaction this femme went with.

"I've heard so much about you, your work in Cybertronian Medicine with Red Alert is, was truly inspiring!" She called out shaking Ratchet's servo causing the Bots who knew him to be surprised while Ratchet was not use to such praise.

"I see you've met Lifeline our ships medic." Windblade said as she saw her fellow Femme having a bit of a fan moment.

Upon seeing the amused smiled and seeing what she was doing the femme medic regained herself. "Oh yes, Corporal Lifeline field medic sir!" Lifeline introduced as she saluted to her superiors showing she knew protocol well.

"Another medic and she's a fan of your Ratchet!" Ironhide said smiling that someone actually liked the old grouch of a medic.

"Now that introductions are out of the way." Elita said as she then took command of this. "Jazz what was the nature of your cargo?" Elita asked as Jazz then got to business mode.

"The Energon Stars Commander we were transporting a supply of them when we were ambushed and had to escape, the fight had resulted in a loss of a huge amount of our own stores and thus we had to enter stasis lock to conserve what we had left." Jazz explained as it was clear their mission was a standard one until it went south.

"That explains the signal." Ratchet said as he was canning through the ship while Chromia access the ships manifest.

"Scrap." Chromia cursed as Elita walked up and saw the manifest.

"According to this the Energon Stars were in block 5-E and from what we saw outside it's missing with half of the ship to boot." Elita said and in turn it was clear the Energon Stars were once on the ship but now they were no longer here.

"Scrap." Jazz cursed realizing they're cargo was missing.

"Energon Stars have a long lifespan if they are still active then it's not here." Ratchet said as the signal was an old one suggesting that it was just trace elements alas it was nothing that they can use to pinpoint their location.

"If the mainframe is still operational, we should logically be able to draw out data to pinpoint where the other half of the ship crashed." Ratchet said as he began to work on the main terminal to draw out what information they could. After all it was clear if the Cons found out what was inside the ship, they're enemy may end up gaining an advantage over them in this conflict.

"Then let's hurry before any Cons found out about them," Jazz said as Elita nodded as she agrees with him and said, "Lead the way, we'll cover you if needed."

After that the two groups merge into one as they headed towards the mainframe of the ship unaware of who they were about to meet as from the shadows a certain creepy crawler bot was following behind them.

Upon reaching the control room where the mainframe is at as Ratchet gotten to work fast of accessing any information about the Energon stars location as Elita said, "How long will it take you?"

"A few minutes I can safely say," Ratchet said as familiar he was with Cybertronian technology, so he gotten working fast for it as Elita, "Good, the sooner you can get into the mainframe, the faster we can find the Energon stars."

After a bit when ratchet got to working, with the flight team were sitting around a bit no doubt still recover from Stasis sleep-ness with the femme team and wreckers were on guard, when suddenly Arcee heard something in the halls, the sound of rapid tapping sounds that was moving around, that sounded very familiar to her, so familiar, her brought out her guns and took a shot in the dark halls, lighting it up a bit as from the shadows Arachnid came forth as Arcee yells out in anger, "Arachnid!"

This catches everyone's attention as they turn and shine their lights down the halls revealing Arachnid to them as the spider bot said to Arcee, "Hello again Arcee, made new friends again I see."

Before Arachnid could say anything else, Ironhide and hound came forth and started firing their weapons in the ship, making holes to let in some light but also accidently created an exit for Arachnid as she avoided their fire and escape as Ironhide said, "Scrap!"

"Team one! Ironhide with me, Jazz, Hound, and Arcee you stay here and watch over everyone!" Elita said to her as Arcee look to her leader and said, "But Arachnid is out-

Before she could finish her sentence, Elita gave her a look that told her to be silent as Elita said to her, "I need you to stay here and protect Ratchet and any other that cannot fight at the moment, as I cannot afford of you breaking ranks again because of your grudge with Arachnid. Yes whatever she did maybe unforgiving but there are bigger things to worry about then her, now I say again stay here and watch over everyone."

Soon enough after that Elita transform and rolled out quickly as the other follow behind her as Ironhide said, "Time to blast some cons."

"Hey, blast a few for me too," Hound said as he just stood there standing guard at the moment as Ironhide nodded as he rack up his guns and said, "Not a problem."

He transform and follow pursuit of Elita and her team as Arcee just stood there and watch as she was being left behind because of what happen the time before when she saw Arachnid, with no choice she stay in place guns out as she waited for any cons to come forth, but mostly she hope it would be Arachnid first.

(Outside)

Team One came out of the ship and soon the Femme lead team were under fire from the Nightbird squad as they open fire upon them as Nightbird order, "Draw the Autobots attention away from the ship so I can send the troops with the Combaticons."

"Understood commander," Slipstream said as she transform with Thunderblast as they took to the sky as they fire upon the Femme Autobots and Ironhide as they started shooting at them as Nightbird started firing from far to help draw their attention with Elita noticing her as she said, "Nightbird."

"I got you now Elita," Nightbird said as soon enough the two femme leaders charge at each other and traded blows against each other with blaster, blade, and strikes were sent to the other and counter or blocked.

From the distant as Arachnid looked and saw the action going as she wasn't going to join anytime soon as it seems she had other ideas as she said, "Good luck to you commander Nightbird, while your busy with them, I'll be searching for the Energon stars myself."

She vanish into the forest as she abandon her post in search of the other half of the Autobot ship, meanwhile some of the cons with the Combaticon's enter the ship and got to work.

(Inside)

"Sounds like a party out there." Hound said as he had a mini gun in hand after retrieving his guns from storage.

"Yeah, looks like we got a bit of dance party out there." Jazz said as his techno disco lingo and his laid-back attitude made it hard to think him as an officer.

"I should be out there not stuck on guard duty." Arcee growled as she hid behind a wall keeping cover while Ratchet continued to work.

"Can't say I known the big lady as long as doc bot here." Jazz began which got Ratchet to roll his eyes at the nickname. "But I do know her well enough to trust she has her reasons." Jazz said as he had his own blaster ready in case of the Cons getting in. "Just groove along, hook yourself in, and get with it." Jazz said as he clearly sounded like he knew what he was talking about.

"I don't." Arcee began but Wingsaber cut in on that one.

"Yeah, Jazz is like that but he's a good bot to talk to." Wingsaber said as the young flier was ready for any trouble that may pop up.

"Heh just like Cliffjumper." Arcee said as she remembered Cliffjumper and Tailgate. It was that reason alone she feared for Jazz because with her track record she feared Jazz will be another casualty for a partner.

Just then they felt the room shake which was not a good sign for them. "That does not sound promising." Windblade said as she realized what this meant for them while drawing her sword.

"Doc bot how much longer you going to be grooving with that data?" Jazz asked as he looked to Ratchet.

"Just a few more minutes." Ratchet said as the rumbling was getting louder.

"We might not have much time for that." Powerglide said as he realized what this meant for them.

Just then an explosion was seen down the hall and from what the Bots saw it was the Vehicon Troopers with the Combaticons. "Well better cut and run!" Wingsaber said as he began to open fire on the Cons after rolling across the hall to another cover spot.

"We'll cover you Doc Bot, Wrecker style." Hound began as he got ready to move in. "If I or any of us stop its cause, we got snuffed but that ain't gonna happen!" Hound said and just then Onslaught fired off a rocket at the group which thankfully missed them. In response Hound began to open fire with his mini gun taking out the Cons as best he could. "Take that!" Hound called out as he fired at the Cons.

Next came Jazz as he fired at the cons while taking cover with Arcee.

"Hey, is it just me or are the Combaticons understaffed?" Arcee asked as she saw that Blastoff and Vortex weren't there.

"Yeah, but the Combaticons were a Commando unit back during the war." Jazz said as he realized what this meant. "Doc Bot we may have a double team trap going on!" Jazz called out to the communications as he knew they had to hurry.

(Outside)

"This just brings back such wonderful memories Elita!" Nightbird called out as she and Elita were locked blades at the moment.

"Your time in intensive care has not dulled your skills Nightbird." Elita said and thus pushed the Decepticon Femme away.

"And your time fighting for the weak has not dulled yours!" Nightbird countered and opened fire upon Elita intent on taking her down. Elita in response ran to cover as she avoided the laser fire as best she could. Once she got to a good spot, she returned fire before hiding behind her cover. Just then she looked up and saw Slipstream, Blastoff, and Vortex flying to the ship.

"Chromia!" Elita called out as she also saw it as did Firestar and Moonracer.

"On it!" Chromia called out as she and Moonracer opened fire on the Cons but alas with the air superiority the Cons were able to avoid the shots.

"Ratchet call back now!" Elita ordered into the communicator knowing full well the Autobots inside were in danger. "The Decepticons are about to bomb the ship!" She called out to the medic and in turn was wide eyed when Blastoff, Vortex, and Slipstream rained downed rockets onto the Autobot ship. The Rockets hit and had enough combined force behind them to puncture through but just blast a large enough hole.

(Inside the Ship)

The Autobots nearly lost their footing as light began to seep in from the hole the Cons had made. "Ratchet!?" Arcee asked as Lifeline was also worried.

"It's done!" Ratchet said and in turn Hound heard this.

"Good to know!" The Wrecker called out as he took out his guns and fired upon the console destroying it.

"Commander we have the data we're about to groove on out of here!" Jazz called out ready to get out of the combat situation.

"Understood!" Elita called out and in turn the Autobots got moving.

(Back outside)

Ironhide was with Chromia as he fired off his cannons to go with Chromia's guns. As the fire went on the Cons moved in as Thunderblast drove in and transformed to robot mode and opened fire. With her the fliers came in as they transformed and fired upon the Bots as well. "Where is Arachnid?" Nightbird asked as she fired upon the Autobots.

"I thought she was with your Commander." Slipstream said and in turn Nightbird had to check. "Arachnid, come in respond!" Nightbird ordered and when she got silence through the communicator, she snarled.

"Should have expected that." Shadowstriker said as she hid behind cover before firing upon the Autobots.

Just then an explosive rocketed the side of the ship and from it the Autobots came out with Hound and Jazz leading the charge. "HELL YEAH!" Hound called out as he saw the Cons and opened fire upon them.

"Commander we're outnumbered!" Slipstream called out as she realized they were losing Vehicons fast.

Not long after more blaster fire came in as the Autobots looked to the ship and saw Onslaught, Brawn, and Swindle. As the two Decepticon Groups reunited it was clear what this meant for the Autobots. Smirking to this Nightbird knew what to do and gave the order to the Combaticons. "Combaticons unite!" Nightbird ordered and in turn Onslaught understood.

"Combaticons combine into Bruticus!" Onslaught ordered and in turn the Combaticons began to merge into Bruticus. Swindle and Brawn drove in with Onslaught to form Bruticus' torso and legs. Next up came Blastoff and Vortext to form the Combiners arms. Once that was done Bruticus' head formed and with it his shoulder cannons as he towered over the Autobots.

"I don't have enough guns on me for a Combiner!" Hound called out when he saw Bruticus towering over them.

Seeing this Elita knew they had what they needed and needed to retreat. "Autobots fall back!" Elita called out and in turn the Autobots made a run for it. In response Bruticus opened fire on them as they ran for cover. As they ran Elita contacted the base so they can get a pickup. "Perceptor lock on to our coordinates and open the Ground Bridge!" Elita ordered as she led the Autobots to escape.

"Do not let them escape!" Nightbird ordered and in turn Bruticus gave chase. "Slipstream you're in command I have a matter to attend to." Nightbird added as she glared at Slipstream who understood the implication.

"Just make it hurt Nightbird." Slipstream said before Nightbird transformed and flew off to chase down Arachnid.

Back over with the Autobots they kept running as Bruticus was on their tail firing upon them. As they moved the ground bridge began to open up and in turn the Autobots knew it was their escape route. "One last thing to do." Hound said as he then took out a trigger from his person. "Boom!" He said before pressing the button.

The result was the Ship exploding and taking any valuable Autobot tech or info down with it. The Decepticons who saw this were shocked while the few that were left inside got snuffed out by the blast. Bruticus of course was left unharmed as he was hardly close enough for it to do any damage to him. Meanwhile the Combiner kept firing on the Autobot who were making a beeline for the Ground Bridge until eventually, one-by-one the Autobots entered the Ground Bridge. Once they were all through the Ground Bridge Closed behind them leaving Bruticus to roar in fury as the event occurred.

(Back at Base)

After the Autobots returned to base Ratchet and Lifeline got to work on handling any injuries they may have sustained. "Well, this certainly won't put a dent on our Energon stores." Arcee said as she saw that their numbers had taken a big increase again.

"I find myself in agreement, Arcee." Elita said as she saw that the chances of a squished human had gone up.

Nearby they saw Hound and Bulkhead cheering at their reunion while Perceptor rolled his optics playfully at their antics. Ironhide even joined in as they had four Wreckers on Earth now. Of course, nearby Optimus was approaching Jazz who stood up straight happy to see Optimus Prime alive and well. "Welcome to Earth old friend." Optimus greeted as he looked to Jazz.

"Good to be here, Boss bot. So far this planet may look to be a good place to kick it." Jazz said as he shook Optimus servo in greeting to his Commanding Officer.

With the humans it was clear that the Autobots have reached a point where it felt crowded here. Miko was excited about it, but Nick saw what this meant. "Well, we're going to need a bigger base." Nick said with concern over what he was seeing.

"Yeah, feeling a bit stuff here." Jack said as he looked to all the Autobots.

Optimus of course had noticed it and thus opted to speak about it "Autobots." Optimus began to speak as this got the bases attention. "As you've already noticed our base has reached its apex in capacity." Optimus said as the Autobots all heard this. "It is for this reason I intend to contact Agent Fowler for either an expansion of our current base or a second base." Optimus said as they all agreed it made sense and was the right thing to do. "Jetfire." Optimus began but Jetfire cut him off.

"Don't worry I'll take the fliers to get scans and once the new base is ready move them all there." Jetfire said as he knew Hound and Perceptor may come along as well since their vehicle forms were military grade vehicles.

"Scans?" Lifeline asked as the young medic was confused.

"We Autobots live on this world as Robots in Disguise Lifeline you will require an earth-based vehicle form in order to maintain a low profile." Elita explained which Lifeline understood clearly.

"Understood." Lifeline responded with a nod now that she understood why they needed earth-based vehicle modes on this world.

"Ratchet work with Perceptor to locate the other half of the ship." Optimus said and in turn both Autobots began to get to work using the data that was acquired from the Exodus.

(Meanwhile with Arachnid)

Arachnid was currently in her helicopter mode as she flew through the area to locate the second half of the Exodus. "If my hunch is right judging by how the first half was left the second half should have splashed down around here somewhere." Arachnid said while she continued her search. Right now, so long as she was part of the Cons again, Arachnid needed some form of shielding between herself and Nightbird. Megatron was a sure-fire bet and if she brings the Energon Stars to Megatron she will gain his favor and in turn some buffer between herself and Nightbird. As much as she loathed having to serve under that Femme Fatal Con without a ship she was marooned on Earth. Thus, having to swallow her pride the opportunistic scavenger had to do what she had to do to survive.

But unaware to Arachnid Nightbird was flying a bit away above her keeping Arachnid under close watch. "Soundwave Arachnid is up to something I'm in pursuit maintain radio silence." Nightbird ordered as she chased after Arachnid. She suspected Arachnid would try something and in turn planned around it. She wasn't going to let Arachnid get away with the Energon Stars if it can be helped. So far, the Decepticons were salvaging the mainframe for anything of use against the Autobots. Soundwave would handle that bit while Nightbird chased down Arachnid. She was fortunate her Cybertronian jet form was a stealth jet which allowed her to keep up with Arachnid and remain undetected.

As she flew after Arachnid, she had every intention of stopping her from taking the Energon Stars and running off with them. But if Arachnid does try to betray Nightbird and Lord Megatron again Nightbird will make what Megatron did to Starscream look like a love tap in comparison to the plans she had in store for Arachnid. Thus, Nightbird continued her pursuit of the scavenger with the intent of learning of her true intentions.

(Scene Break Omega)

Tekkaman Omega glared out to the scene that played before him. He has had the Radan keep close eyes on both Autobot and Decepticons when their existence began known to him. This invasion has been reaching set back after set back as of late. Furthermore since the growing Tekkaman Uprisings have been made known Omega was still without any aid from the main forces thus forcing him to rely on the Decepticons and Evil in this fight. Evil was growing into a larger problem as well and since he was severed from the Radan Hive mind Omega could not observe what Evil was doing whenever he vanished.

For some time now Evil had been disappearing on him and with this Omega suspected treason from Evil. It was also why he kept some of the Radan battle forms on the moon with him. That way if Evil stages a coup or if the Decepticons find them they can defend themselves while Omega forces any and all power he could to repairing this broken ship. Despite it being on the dark side of the moon Omega knew that Megatron's warship had more firepower to spare. Thus Omega was doing his damn hardest to get the Radan to deploy aid to them so he can start severing ties and ending this alliance with Megatron and the Decepticons.

Just then he saw movement and looked to see Sword approaching him. "Sword, what brings you here?" Omega asked with a soft and kind tone to her.

"A report." Sword said as she approached Omega. "You will be pleased to know that Radan have rooted down in Asia specifically in China and Japan all in isolated areas to allow for them to prepare." Sword said as she knew why they did not take people yet.

After the incident that resulted in Blade's team and using the Argo's crew as a test run on the process Radan was focusing on perfecting it. This would in turn allow them to add more humans to their ranks with maximum efficiency once the Radan flowers bloom. Furthermore with the Autobots without a means to get off the planet they too will be used as templates to add Cybertronians to the Radan's ever growing numbers.

"Good." Omega responded as he looked to Sword calmly yet solemnly.

"There's more." Sword went on and thus Omega gestured for Sword to continue. "While performing by duties I had went scouting the Nevada area of the United States, particularly where most sightings of Autobots and Decepticons have centered at." Sword said and thus took out photos that she had taken while in her human form.

Omega looked and thus went wide eyed at who he saw in the mentioned images. "Shara." Omega gasped as he thought for sure Shara would have died when she had betrayed the Radan like Blade. "How can this be?" Omega asked as despite being furious Sword saw a small hint of relief and joy in Omega's tone reminding Sword of their old bonds from before Radan.

"I looked into it and was able to deduce what had happened to her." Sword said and as Omega waited Sword swallowed her resolve. "Shara had undergone some sort of procedure that had allowed her to meld herself with Cybertronian biology effectively becoming Techno-Organic." Sword reported as she looked to Omega with her findings.

"Does she still possess her abilities as Rapier?" Omega asked as he looked to Sword.

"Unknown but it's assuming she does." Sword said and thus Omega paused mulling over the information Sword had provided him.

It was then that Omega made his decision on the matter. "Continue to monitor her but do not engage if it can be helped." Omega urged as Sword was surprised by this.

"Sir she may have a means to have the Cybertronian's undergo the augmentations should we not attempt to." Sword began but then Omega's eye's flashed crimson with rage.

"DO NOT QUESTION MY ORDERS!" Omega yelled and thus Sword eased back knowing Omega was annoyed with her impudence here.

"I'm sorry." Sword said as she looked away only for Omega to pause.

Omega then focused on calming himself down and thus spoke to the female Tekkaman. "Catharine." Omega began with a soft tone as Sword or Catharine as she was known as a human. "Please just try to leave her bee if you can." Omega said and thus his chest began to open up with Sword approaching.

Once Sword got close she moved her hands closer to Omega's opened chest only to be blocked by some sort of clear surface. "I promise." Sword said as she hated this but none of them had a choice anymore and it was killing them all inside. But Radan made them loyal and took everything away from the, if serving them leads to their freedom then they were broken enough to chase after that ever fleeting desire.

The two then stood there for a moment in silence as Sword then pushed her body to and made it seem like she was greeting a lover. She missed this she missed her human life but she can't go back not anymore. Only Evil, Rapier, and Blade were free and while while Evil survived the Dark Energon none of them could claim that they can also survive it in this regard. Omega simply let her be as he then moved one of his massive arms to wrap around Sword and hold her close with the hope that this nightmare would all be over soon with their eternal rest of Radan leaving the Earth once they conquered the planet with the Tekkaman leading them against humanity. They stood there in silence and soon silence made way for quiet with only the organic movement of the Radan breaking the silence between them.

(TBC)

ESKK: So here we go a new chapter for Tekkaman Prime. I hoped you all enjoyed it and will join us as we continue down the path with this arc. Now then until next time be sure to put a review in for us and as I always say at the end of things, ja-ne.