So I now have an opening theme for this story. The song is called: Transformers Evo by JAM Project. This song was played during the Japanese Opening with Transformers Animated.
Orion's POV
"Damn it!" I screamed as I pulled out my beam saber. "You won't get away with this, Dion!" I was currently fighting Dion in my MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam while he was fighting in his XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero. He was presently kicking my rear in battle.
Dion smiled wildly, "You're wrong Orion," He pressed a button in his cockpit, causing the mobile suit to pull the trigger. "I already have!" The beam cannon fired a bolt of energy, which tore through my ZZ Gundam, ending the battle.
"Match over," A computer voice spoke as the virtual dome disappeared, revealing that the whole battle was just a simulation. "Winner: Dion Mcfinnigan." I sighed as I looked at the results. Dion had won again. The replays showed where I went wrong and my overall performance score. My score was 89%.
"Damn," I said to myself. "I was off by 11..."
"89% is very good, Orion," Dion commented, a smile forming on his face. "You're getting better every time." I smiled at that. Dion always helped me out when it came to these kinds of things.
"I'll never understand why people get so excited about this kind of thing." we heard a voice say behind us. Marinette stood there with a bored look, having been there the entire time. "This Gunpla Battle tournament seems like a huge waste of time."
"How long have you been standing there?" Dion inquired, getting tense a little. "The Gunpla club is off-limits to outsiders during Gunpla fights." I nodded in confirmation. Outsiders weren't welcomed during practice matches, due to possible distractions during a battle and the inaccurate data that came from it.
Marinette shrugged, "Door was unlocked, so I let myself in." She walked toward the table and looked at the battle simulator. "Preparing for this Gunpla tournament, I presume?" She asked, knowing full well why we were here.
"Yes," I replied, taking a step forward. "The Gunpla Battle Tournament is this Saturday, so we're getting ready for the big day when it arrives." It wasn't a lie. I, Ariel(She was currently putting together a new model after her RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee was accidentally destroyed in a match between her and Adrien's RX-78 Gundam.), and Dion were practicing like hell. "So why are you here?" I asked, knowing she wasn't here to talk about Gunpla.
"What?" she wondered a look of confusion on her face. "I can't get to know my classmates a little more?" Dion and I stood on guard at that. She was looking for information on us to categorize us into specific groups. She walked towards me and began to stroke my arm. I pulled away as soon as she did that.
"Not during a Gunpla match," I replied, standing next to Dion.
Marinette shrugged, "Fair enough," she began to walk out of the room before stopping in the doorway. "I was looking for Ariel," she said turning her head, "I was hoping she and I could have girl talk, I'm sure you understand." She turned away and left the club just as Alix and Nathaniel arrived.
"What was that?" Nathaniel asked, watching Marinette leave the room before looking at us.
"Pigtails wanted to know more about us," I replied, "My guess is because me, Ariel, and Dion don't fit into any categories." Dion chuckled as he sat down and began adjusting his Gundam model. "She also claimed to be looking for Ariel, I don't know why but it's probably not a good reason."
Alix sighed before turning toward us. "It's exactly as it sounds," she explained, "she takes a new girl aside and tells them things only us gals know. That, and to stay away from Adrien Agreste..." She shook her head in disgust at that last mention.
"Let me guess," I said, "she has a huge crush on him and thinks she's the only one for him?"
Alix shook her head, "Try obsession," she corrected, causing all of us guys' eyes to widen in surprise. "She has a copy of his entire schedule and has this whole life planned together with him."
"Yikes..." I commented, becoming a little uneasy from hearing that.
Dion turned toward Nathaniel and Alix, "I think you wanted to show us something, so let's see it." Nathaniel nodded before pulling out his tablet and showing us what appeared to be a blog.
"Is that-?"
"The Autoblog," Alix finished, "It's like the Ladyblog but it follows you guys instead of Ladybug and Chat Noir." I looked at the screen with intrigue, filled with pictures and videos about us and random sightings of beings like us. "It launched around Evillustrator's appearance and has been gaining traction ever since."
I looked at Nathaniel and Alix, "Any idea who made it?" I asked, hoping they had some clue. Both shook their heads, earning a sigh from me. "Think it's Alya who made it?" I wondered.
"Alya kind of became an anti-mech supremacist after the whole Thunderking ordeal and the Decepticon invasion," was Nathaniel's reply. "The blogger prefers to make themselves anonymous, distorting their voice and wearing an Autobot mask when they show their face." He pulled up a video of someone who wore an oversized hoodie with curly brown hair and an Autobot mask on their face.
"Greetings, Autoblog viewers," the speaker began, voice distorted. "Today, we saw the Autobot known as Elita-1 in her altmode driving around Paris." Sure enough, there was a video of Ariel in her altmode driving. "One could argue that she has a nice drive. I think she is on patrol in case a crime happens, helping the Police Force, unlike Ladybug and Chat Noir, who can't even be bothered to help out the little man and would rather fight supervillains. On the other hand, the Autobots are more than willing to catch criminals while fighting the Decepticons."
"I haven't seen anything like this since my Grandpa used to watch videos hosted by some guy who would always say crap about boxers," I commented, still somewhat surprised by what I just saw. "That guy would always say crap like 'Canelo won't ever go up against GGG because he'd go dookie in his diaper if he did!'" Nathaniel and Alix shot a confused look at Dion upon hearing this, who nodded in confirmation. "Whoever they are," I began, pushing up my glasses and setting up the table for the next practice match. "They did their homework. Yesterday, the three of us drew straws to see who would go out on patrol. Ariel won and went on patrol." Alix looked at me confused before nodding her head in understanding.
"Should we do something about it?" Nathaniel asked, "This guy could be a problem for us in the future."
I shook my head, "No," I grabbed a chair and stacked it on another, "It'd be nice to have someone in the media to be on our side." Dion helped me stack some of the chairs as I spoke. "This guy is a fan and is going out of his way to make sure people know the truth about our intentions," I watched another video, this one about a potential love triangle, "...or something like that..." I trailed off. I turned toward the others. "Where's Ariel?" I asked, wondering where she was. "I thought she would be back by now..." I scratched my head as I look around the room.
"Pigtails went to talk to Ariel, remember?" Dion replied. "We better go after Ariel, though," He remarked as he began to walk out of the room. "I'd sure hate to have a mess to clean up."
"Afraid that Marinette will make her cry?" Alix joked as we began walking down the hallway. Nathaniel briefly shook his head before whispering something into Alix's ear. Alix's eyes went wide as a look of realization dawned on her face. "Oh," she went, "You're afraid that Ariel will make Marinette cry?"
Ariel's POV
I was humming while on my way to the Gunpla club, holding my newly assembled GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam (My RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee was destroyed...) when I heard Marinette say my name. "Ariel!" I turned my head and saw her approach me. "I was looking for you!" She looked at what was in my hands and had a flash of disgust on her face before looking at me. "I wanted to talk to you alone. You know, girl to girl!" Her smile was too forced for my liking, clearly faked from what I could tell. I put my Gundam behind my back and pressed a button on my wrist, sending a silent signal that indicated where I was to my friends and family. (Courtesy of Nathaniel's creativity and a suggestion of Alix's. It sends out a noise that only we Autobots can hear, so no Decepticons were about to ambush us!)
"Cut the bullshit," I said, surprising her. "We both know why you wanted to talk to me." Marinette looked confused for a moment before she resorted to a scowl. She looked around us for a brief moment before looking at me.
"Not here," she whispered, "If you don't want to cause any trouble, then follow me..." I said nothing, following her into the empty classroom to have our little "girl-to-girl" chat. "You know why I wanted to talk to you?" she asked. "It's like I said," she continued. "girl-to-girl stuff and also..." She got up in my face and shot me the meanest glare she could muster. "Stay away from Adrien. He's mine." My eyes narrowed at that.
Oh, Prima... I thought, mentally rolling my eyes at that. She's a crazed fangirl... I chuckled at that. "Or what?" I asked. I had no intention of going after that snowflake, but it was refreshing to see her pissed off, especially after I heard that she insisted on referring to Dion as Daisuke.
"I'll make you and your friends' time here a living heck." She replied, her eyes having a murderous intent in them. That was cute. She didn't want to swear while trying to intimidate me. Unfortunately for her, I didn't have to swear to scare her.
"Heh," I went, silently at first, before losing it and going all out. "HAHAHAHAHAHA!" I laughed, causing Marinette to retreat from me as I held onto my sides. "THAT'S-HAHAHAHAHA!" I wiped a tear from my eye as I regained my composure. "That's rich..." I looked back at Marinette, who looked somewhat afraid. My turn I thought, standing up. "You'll make our lives hell? That's cute."
"I mean it," Marinette said, trying to take back the conversation. "I could-"
I put a finger to her lips and made a shushing noise. "There's nothing you can do that will make our lives more of a living hell than it already was," I whispered. "Let me tell you what I'll do if you try to harm my friends or me in any way: I will personally make your life a living hell, I will make sure Adrien sees you for who you are and has a restraining order as he should when it comes to dealing with crazy chicks like you, and if you ever try to touch Orion without his consent, I will personally slam your head into the nearest wall and finish what Dion wouldn't dare do." I turned away before leaving. "By the way," I added, glaring at her from the corner of my eye. "I have no personal interest in Adrien Agreste," I smiled, seeing her backed against the wall, eyes widened at me. "I have my eyes on another guy. Someone less flashy."
Dion's POV
We were on our way to Ariel's location when Orion suddenly sneezed. "Gesundheit," I commented. "Not getting a cold are we?" I asked in a joking tone.
He sniffed, "No, I feel like someone was talking about me just now."
"Maybe it was your twin sister," I teased. "You know how much she likes to brag about you."
"You have a twin sister?" Nathaniel asked, surprised by this revelation, which caused Orion to chuckle.
"Yeah," he replied as we kept walking, "Her full name is Pyra Magna Pax. Everyone either calls her Pyra or Pyra Magna," Both seemed confused at that. "Pyra is her first name," he explained as we got nearer to Ariel's signal. "Magna is her middle name, and Pax is our last name."
"So let me get this straight," Alix said, trying to clarify what she just heard, "Your name translates to 'Hunter of Peace' and Pyra's name means 'Great Flame of Peace?'" Orion nodded in response to that. "Your mom and dad had high standards for you guys," she whispered as we stopped near a classroom just as Ariel stepped out with a slight smirk on her face.
"What's got you so chipper?" I asked, somewhat surprised by Ariel.
"It was nothing," She replied, "Just had a little girl-to-girl chat with Marinette." Alix seemed to sigh at that, confusing the three of us guys, "So is the Gunpla tournament still on for Saturday?"
Cybertron
"So is the Gunpla Tournament still on for Saturday?" the recording of Ariel finished as Megatron's Elite 4 observed. Starscream, Soundwave, Shockwave, and Nightbird had been listening to the Autobots' conversation to gain intel via spying. They had deployed a Pretender, (a Cybertronian who took the term "Robots in Disguise" to the next level) and had them pose as a student at Francois Dupont, all in the hopes of deciphering the Autobots' secret identities. Not that they had any luck, as they didn't know the students on the screen were the Autobots.
"As far as I'm aware, yes." was Orion Pax's reply.
"This is so stupid!" Nightbird exclaimed, expressing her rage by throwing a Shuriken into a Vehicon's chest, which detonated upon contact with the unfortunate soldier. "Why are we wasting our time listening to children prattle about meaningless things such as these 'Gunpla Tournaments' and 'homework assignments?!" The other 3 Decepticons stayed silent as they kept replaying the segment about Gunpla. Nightbird grew more annoyed, getting in Starscream's face. "We should be looking for the Autobots' secret identities!" She proceeded to slap Starscream in the face, only for him to catch her servo.
"Calm yourself, Nightbird," Shockwave remarked as he moved away from the screen turning toward the Caminen. "It is illogical to lash out at your fellow Decepticons."
"We are sitting on our afts doing nothing while my beloved is in recovery!" She growled, "Speaking of, why isn't he fully recovered yet?!" The other three sighed as they hear Nightbird get angry.
Soundwave took the initiative, "Lord Megatron's injuries at the hands of Optimus Prime require him to be completely rebuilt." He explained. "While he is currently stable, he is unable to move due to the modifications being done to him."
"Modifications that I gave no permission to have done to me, Soundwave!" A familiar voice commented, causing the 4 Decepticons to look at the unnamed 5th occupant.
Megatron, while conscious, was trapped in a healing tank as the medical drones kept picking at his frame, which had reduced his once fearsome appearance to a head and vital organs along with an endo-spine. He was able to speak due to a breathing apparatus connected to his mouth, to make sure none of the healing liquids entered his fuel pump and killed him.
Nightbird went to the tank and caressed it. "My love," she spoke in a soft voice. "As much as I despise your top lieutenants, they are right." Starscream looked at Shockwave and Soundwave, but neither gave him an answer to this. "The modifications were necessary to survive so that you may fight Optimus Prime and succeed." Megatron seemed to calm down at that, almost as if he was considering her words.
"Apologies, my little acid-waste azalea..." Megatron replied, his optics showing genuine remorse for his outburst. "I have been trapped in this tank for Solar Cycles now, and as a result, have little to no patience for anything."
Nightbird simply caressed the tank gently as she blew a kiss to Megatron. "Your apology is not needed, my sweet gladiator," she answered.
"My lusting ninja..." Megatron replied, seeming to become aroused despite healing.
"My dirty tyrant..."
"My number one fan..."
"My favorite leader..."
"My consort!"
"My Emperor of Destruction!"
"Get a pod, you two!" Starscream yelled, shocking both lovers to their senses. Megatron blushed, his embarrassment showing through the yellow liquid of the healing tank. Nightbird simply coughed.
"While that was out of line," Nightbird said, pulling out an energy fan to cool herself, "Thank you for reminding us that we are in a professional workplace, Commander Starscream."
"Back to the matter at hand," Soundwave continued as if nothing had happened. "An analysis of this 'Gunpla Tournament ' has revealed the use of small figurines known as Gunpla, a combination of the words Gundam and Plastic, in small simulations of combat to see who has the better model." He displayed pictures of these events, Gaians of all sizes being in something like the VR Combat Simulator while showing the contestants' Gunpla fighting each other. Some could use different modes like themselves. Others could use special moves such as "Shining Finger" or "Proton Blaster".
"These Gundam are certainly interesting subjects," Shockwave commented as he observed the screen. "While most of these 'Mobile Suits' would be of little to no effect on Cybertronians if they were to combat us," He then summoned images of some of the source material, showing battles that shook the colonies or even the very planet they fought on, "It would be illogical to not at least consider them to be a venue of study, as most of the technology they depict in these pieces of media is possible to either recreate or imitate. We already have the weaponry and more used by these fictional mechs."
"Interesting..." Starscream noted. It was then he hatched an idea. "Lord Megatron," he began, causing the incapacitated warlord to glare at him. "If I may propose an idea to you?"
Megatron growled before acknowledging his second-in-command, "Speak, Starscream..." he droned on.
"If it would be alright to use some Vehicon Drones," He proposed, "I do believe we can create an army based on these fictional mechs by using some of the schematics that created these Gundam. We can use 3 drones as an experiment, and if it works, or at the least, provide some valuable tactical data, we can create more of them." Megatron thought hard about this. What would stop Starscream from using this idea against him in another possibly pathetic attempt to establish himself as the leader?
It would be fragging hilarious as D-Void if he tried and failed...He mused to himself. "Very well Starscream," The warlord replied, giving his approval. "You may only use 3 Vehicons to make these 'Gundam' a reality." Starscream bowed in gratitude before looking at Shockwave.
"Shockwave," he ordered, "Select three Vehicons to undergo the reformatting process. Lord Megatron will select the Gundam they will be reformatted to..." Shockwave nodded, pressing some buttons and displaying multiple images of different Mobile Suits models. The five Decepticons looked until their optics settled on a trio of certain Gundam.
"I like these three," Megatron cackled in his tube. "Their weaponry and combat statics show that they were designed for killing!" He turned his optics toward Shockwave. "Shockwave, use these schematics and apply them to 3 Vehicon Drones!" Shockwave nodded as he selected the three models Megatron had chosen.
"Time to complete will be in 3 Solar Cycles at the latest," Shockwave answered, pressing on the images as time screens popped up. " All we can do is wait."
"By those calculations, the three prototypes will be completed by the time Gunpla Tournament occurs," Soundwave noted, hearing 3 Vehicons screaming in pain as they were torn apart and rebuilt. "Should we wait until it is over to deploy them?"
"No," Nightbird replied, "These Gaians wanted Gundam, so we'll give them some Gundam..."
Orion's POV
"One step, Two steps, 'bout to get ugly..." I murmured as I dodged some strikes from Alix's staff. "Thousand page wholesale," I continued, "never step to me," I stood on my left hand, spinning on it as I used my staff and feet to whack Alix. "Hit 'em with a tornado..." I jumped from the said tornado, my pants briefly exposing my underwear(I wear saggy pants). "Flash her panties!" I exclaimed in a burst of breath as I hopped back on my feet and swung my staff and hit Alix's feet, knocking her on her back. "Mask on, let's turn this into a frenzy!" I panted as Alix smiled, pleased by my performance.
"Not bad," she said, helping herself up. "You've gotten better." The five of us were inside an empty room back at the apartment, Alix having decided to see how good we were with combat. I still felt my nose throbbing due to my hesitancy from earlier.
"I want you to hit me with everything you got." Alix proclaimed as she dropped her backpack, "Don't hold back." I was somewhat hesitant about it."Be ready for anything."
"I dunno," I replied, a little unsure, "I was told to never strike at a-DOW!" I grabbed my nose as I fell to the floor, surprising everyone there. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" I screamed as I got up.
"I told you to be ready..." Alix remarked as she cracked her knuckles. "Cons won't hold back when you're fighting them. Besides," She swept my feet, causing me to land on my back. "I saw some female Decepticons fighting in the Paris Invasion, and they didn't hold back."
As I stood up, I heard Nathaniel whisper to Ariel, "I have never been more turned on by a display like that..." I saw a smirk on Alix's face as soon as he said that.
"Are you two sleeping with each other?" I asked, only to block a fist from Alix. "What is your role in this anyway?" I asked, only to be socked in the stomach.
"Nathaniel's Tech Support, right?" Alix inquired, pulling out a staff. "Think of me as some kind of fitness trainer, always trying to make you think on your feet." She threw a staff at me, which I caught with some effort. "To answer your first question, yes, but it's none of your business." I simply shrugged, thinking that was a fair answer. "Now, think fast!" She said, swinging the staff at me.
"Next up is Ariel after a short water break..." She commented, throwing a water bottle at me.
"Thanks," I said, drinking as I opened my phone and looked at the school news. What I saw was not pleasant.
"What the hell?!" I exclaimed, spitting out my water. "Oplita?!" I was scrolling through my phone and already people were showing lots of fanart of me and Ariel. "What the hell is that?!" Ariel and the others instantly looked at my phone.
"It appears to be a ship name for Optimus Prime and Elita-1..." Dion commented as we looked at the images.
"B-but," I'm Optimus Prime!" I replied, my face red. "And Ariel's Elita-1!"
"Can we even do that as Autobots?" Ariel inquired as she looked at the images on my phone. They were... creative, to be mild. Pictures of me and Ariel in extremely suggestive positions and using evocative language, some images of which were downright erotic.
"I-i'm not even sure whether to be offended or flattered by these pictures..." I trailed off, my face red as I saw how big they depicted my... blaster... was in these pictures.
"They got my nose wrong!" Ariel commented, looking at the pictures. "They got my chest size and everything else right, but why my nose? Is it because I'm that hard to draw?" I couldn't hear anything else as I lay in a corner curled up in a ball as everyone else saw the images on my phone.
"I just got another notification of a potential Akuma," Nathaniel commented as we suddenly got a beep on our phones. "Should we assume our positions and face them?" I looked at my phone for a moment before shaking my head.
"No," I replied, earning a surprised look from Alix and the others. "Our job is to fight the Decepticons and keep the Matrix safe from Ladybug and Chat Noir."
"Why aren't we helping them?" Ariel asked as I sat down and tied my shoes.
"If we were to help them out every time there was an Akuma, they would subconsciously start to rely on us," I replied. "It would make them sloppy if we are not around to help them." I grabbed my water bottle, "besides, the rules were pretty clear: only when there is nothing to do or if they deliberately ask for help." No sooner did I say that we all got a notification saying the Akuma had been dealt with.
"You were right." Dion commented, "They dealt with it without our help."
"I hoped they would," I said, pulling out my laptop and opening Word for an essay. "The Akuma was Mr. Pigeon." We all looked at each other before sighing.
Nathaniel shook his head, "I swear, that guy needs help..." to which we all nodded. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say he has a pigeon fetish."
I was typing when I had a sudden flash in my head, triggering another Matrix Memory:
"Viktor." I turned my head and saw Mira Jaeger sitting next to me, "Still vorking on zat time-telling contraption, are ve?" I smiled at that, Mira was always one to support my work.
"Indeed," I replied, "I've been vorking on zis contraption for veeks now." I have been trying to create a machina to tell time. I have been trying to convince my tribe to move on from the sundial, which only worked when the sun was in the sky. "I haven't been able to make ze damn zing work!" I punched the clock (my name for the contraption) in a fit of frustration.
I was about to smash the clock when I heard running and saw my best friend Aldawolf come into the hut, his face a bright red. "You need to see zis!" He exclaimed trying to catch his breath. "Ze cave is glowing!" This earned him a surprised look from us. The cave Aldawolf was referring to was forbidden due to people entering and never coming out.
"Vhat?!" Mira and I said. We ran toward the cave and sure enough, it was glowing. It was glowing blue, but the most interesting part was what it was saying.
"Vector Prime..." It whispered to me... "Come..."
"-rion," I heard Ariel say, shaking my shoulder. "Yoohoo, Earth to Orion, you there?" She was really close to my face. A little too close if you asked me.
I shook my head to refocus. "What is it, Ariel?" I pushed my glasses to show I was paying attention to her.
Ariel jerked her head toward the apartment door, "Dion and I going to grab a bite at the bakery that Adrien talked about. You joining us?" I was silent for a moment before smiling.
Nodding, I closed my laptop and joined them.
Ariel's POV
I didn't know what to expect but it wasn't this. The bakery was on a street corner and seemed to be a mashup of house and bakery. On it was written "Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie" and actually didn't look too bad. It was really well-kept and in good order. When we entered, to the left was a collection of glass display cabinets, showcasing many treats. On top of the cabinets were small displays of baked bread, ready to sell. The floors were also ornately styled, with repeating designs of lilies and fleur-de-lis. To the right were more displays, and further along is the register, with peels hanging from the ceiling above and a cast-iron oven in the background. Also in the back were various sacks of flour and a door leading to the rear exit (the residential street entrance) with stairs to what I assumed was their house.
"Welcome!" I heard an all too familiar voice say. I turned my head and saw Marinette at the counter, her back turned to us, clearly doing something.
"You've got to be kidding me..." I heard Dion whisper in Irish Gaelic to Orion, "She works here?"
"She probably lives here," Orion replied in Greek, "Tread carefully, gang..."
"So what do you want-," Marinette paused as soon as she saw us, a brief scowl appearing on her face. "Oh," she went, somewhat surprised, "It's you guys..."
"Hello to you too, Pigtails," I said, giving her Orion's nickname for her. "We're here to order some sweets. I heard the best sweets were sold here." I had a small smile on my face, unnoticeable to everyone except for Marinette and Alix. "What do you recommend?" Despite our... little skirmish, I was more than willing to be forgiving toward her. I understood completely where she was coming from, but I felt that she was going the wrong way about it.
If she did that again though, then I wouldn't be responsible for what happened to her next.
Marinette said nothing at first, instead studying the three of us as if she was trying to see something wrong with each of us. "I would personally recommend the macaroons, mainly because they are our piece de resistance." She pointed at a gallery containing macaroons of various colors." I stood at the gallery casing and examined the sweets in it. I stared at it until I blinked, which caused something strange to appear in my eye: an alien language appearing which began to scan the pastries in front of me. A circle appeared and focused on a pink macaroon, revealing what it was made of and how much the recommended consumption should be.
What the hell?! I thought as I backed away, holding a hand to my eye. I blinked again, this time my vision was back to normal.
"You okay, Ariel?" I heard Orion ask. "You look a little pale." I shook my head and reassure him I was fine.
"I would like a bag of croissants and a couple of macaroons please," I said, trying to play it off. Marinette raised an eyebrow at me before shrugging as she completed my order. Once we had paid for the sweets and began heading towards the apartment when Orion said something.
"Whoa," He went, taking his glasses off and then checking them.
"What is it?" Dion inquired as he looked at Orion.
"My eyes," Orion responded as he adjusted his glasses. "I blinked for a moment and then I suddenly had the vision of a robot. You know, like from that Brave live-action movie Series directed by Thomas Astruc?"
I shuddered at that name, "Please do not bring up that garbage..." I said, "What the hell were they thinking making Astruc the director? I swear, that guy has a magical girl fetish!"
"It didn't help that he supposedly based Samantha Astray after his imaginary daughter that he created for his ex-girlfriend at the time..." Orion murmured as he took a bite of his croissant. "In any case, that robot scan was weird..."
"It's probably nothing to worry about," Dion remarked, "At most, it's a side effect of being the Kuriēshon matorikusu holders." We had already reached the apartment by then and entered, ready for whatever came next.
Dion's POV
When we entered the apartment we saw Nathaniel and Alix looking over a pair of drawings. "What's up?" Orion asked, "You guys look like you're having some trouble with something." Alix looked at him and then at Nathaniel, who nodded.
"Nathaniel wanted to make sure that you guys were planning to attend the Tournament all day." She said, "Nathaniel and I wanted to have the apartment to ourselves so we could-"
Ariel put her hand up to stop Alix, "It's Nathaniel's apartment, so he can do whatever he wants with it." Nathaniel seemed to be relieved until Ariel continued, "If you guys want to continue your little roleplay together, then do it. No one's gonna stop you."
Alix had a look on her face that seemed confused while Nathaniel kept blushing.
Cybertron, 5 days later
"Updates complete," Shockwave remarked, "Decepticon Gundam Prototypes online, releasing all three..."
All three Gundam emerged from the pods, steam hissing from them as they stepped out, experiencing their new bodies for the first time "Mighty kind of ya, Doctor," the middle one commented in a thick Texan accent.
"For crying out loud..." Starscream growled as he looked at the three Gundam, "SHOCKWAVE JUST FINISHED PATCHING THAT!" Soundwave, Nightbird, Shockwave, and Megatron said nothing as they watched it unfold.
The Gundam shrugged, "Ya can't fix what ain't broke." The three Destron Gundam turned at the Elite 4 and Megatron. "Now... where's our beam cannons and sabers?" Mechanical Claws appeared and gave each former Vehicon their weapons.
"Your mission is to find and destroy the Autobots," Megatron replied from within his cryo tank, "Leave no hope of survival!" The three Destron Gundams kneeled before their incapacitated lead and then left towards the space bridge, transforming into their new alt modes to test them out. Megatron turned toward Shockwave when they were out of earshot. "I take it that you installed some failsafe inside of them in case they go rogue?" He asked the mad scientist, who could only nod in response.
Orion's POV
The Gunpla Tournament had finally come and we were beyond excited. So excited that I almost left the apartment without my pants. That was nothing compared to Ariel, though. She had run out of the apartment with no shirt or bra, so a lot of guys were sent to the hospital after seeing her chest exposed.
My genetically perverted side was desperately trying to claw its way out of my mind. Luckily, I shoved him back into the hellish abyss he had originated, so all was well. "Damn!" Alix commented as Ariel came back in an embarrassed walk, "What the hell do you do, girl?! I know half a dozen chicks that would kill to have a rack that big! Hell, I'm pretty sure even some of the female staff members at school would be willing to do that!"
Ariel was blushing as she put on her shirt, "I work out," she answered, "I also drink protein and have a family history of women in my family having good size."
"She's not wrong," We heard Nathaniel say, "Most Kurtzberg women have big chests. Same thing with women who marry into the family." He looked at Alix and turned red after noticing the look on her face, "N-not that having a small chest is a bad thing!"
Ariel simply chuckled as she patted Nathaniel's shoulder, "Relax, cuz!" she said, "Alix knows what ya meant by that."
"Moving on because this conversation is going nowhere," Dion commented, turning towards me and Ariel, "I trust you two have everything you need for the tournament?" We both nodded at that.
"I've got my MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam model for when I'm able to compete against someone," I began listing, pulling items out of my backpack. "My water bottle, filled with ice and cold water, money(for when we get hungry), notepads(in case we run into any voice actors or celebrities there), pens for those notepads, recreational money(for buying new model kits), Autobot morphers(for any Decepticons we encounter), and finally..." I began to grunt as I had a hard time pulling out the object from my backpack, "a spare set of clothes in case I end up getting soaked."
"My backpack isn't that packed but yeah," Ariel replied, "I got everything I need." We all looked at each other and nodded with grins on our faces, knowing what came next.
"Bye!" Nathaniel said as we hailed a taxi cab, "Have a good trip, try not to get into too much trouble!"
"That was a nice breakfast," Ariel commented as she patted her belly, "I thought I was going to burst from eating too much!" I chuckled as Dion shrugged.
"If ya keep eating like that," I replied, laughing. "You're gonna end up gaining weight." I got a sharp nudge from Dion, who was still reading his book.
Ariel's POV
When we got to the stadium, I was already feeling better after that comment Orion made. "That was a nice trip," I remarked happily. Now that we were here, we could finally enter the tournament and participate. Humming, I quickly skipped toward the stand where we signed up.
"Names?" The receptionist asked, who dressed up as a Federation officer. The three of us stood together and begin listing our names. "Team Name?" She asked.
"We're Phantom Pain!" I exclaimed proud of the series that it had originated from.
"Gundam Seed Destiny fans, I take it?" the receptionist asked with a smile on her face.
"You bet!" I replied with a smile on my face.
"Tournament participants will be called by number," she explained, "Here is a sample detailing the rules of Gundam fighting, where the facilities are, and what times the matches are supposed to happen."
"Got it!" I exclaimed as I grabbed our pamphlets. "Thank you!" I quickly zoomed back toward Orion and Dion. "These contain everything we need to know!" I said happily as I gave one to both of them. "So what do we do first?"
"Well..." Orion began, "I would recommend that all-you-can-eat buffet that was mentioned here." he began drooling as he looked at the available dishes. It wasn't until then that we saw a trio of very familiar faces in the crowd.
"Jackson Darby!" I heard Orion exclaim, getting his attention.
"Orion Jamie Macedonio Pax!" Jack exclaimed happily, "What the hell are you doing here?"
Jack Darby was one of three people we met back in Jasper, Nevada while attending Anime Con. He and Orion met by accident when Orion saved Jack from being arrested after the latter was falsely accused of groping a girl who was dressed like Misaki Ayuzawa from Maid-sama(Jack was dressed as Junpei Iori from Persona 3). Orion himself was able to prove Jack's innocence after proving how he had recorded the whole thing and showed that the girl was the one trying to grope Jack. Needless to say, Jack and Orion became quick friends, which surprised me because Dion and I thought that after a certain incident from Orion's past, he wouldn't want to be friends with anyone other than us again.
Although, if he was here, then that meant...
"Ariel, Dion, it's good to see you again." I heard a feminine voice say. I turned to see Miko Nakadai standing next to Rafael Esquivel.
"Hey guys," I replied, excited to see them again. "What're you doing here?" I asked.
"Miko here got us all volunteered to be exchange students," Jack explained as he looked at Miko. "We go to Frances DuPont what about you?"
"Get outta here!" I exclaimed, "We go there too! Who's your homeroom? We got Bustier."
"Jackson for us," Raf replied, "He gets a little crazy when someone mentions his time in the military..." Me, Orion, and Dion all nodded in agreement as a shiver ran down our spines.
"Have you guys run into Ladybug and Chat Noir?" I asked them.
Miko suddenly scowled at the thought. "Yeah," she replied, "The first thing that happened when we arrived was being attacked by something called an 'Akuma'," She turned to Raf, "Yo, Raf!" she exclaimed, getting the guy's attention, "What was that thing called?"
Raf sighed as he adjusted his glasses, "He was an akumatized villain, Miko." Miko snapped her fingers at him in recognition of the name.
"That's what it was!" Miko replied with a smile on her face. "Called himself D'Compose after that one villain from that old TV show. You know, 'The Inhumanoids'?"
"Smelled like his name, too..." Jack muttered as he rubbed his nose. "Anyway, We ended up defeating that guy, Ladybug, and Chat Noir came, dealt with the Akuma, and Ladybug proceeded to scold us for stopping him, and then she flirted with Raf and made some kind of sexual gesture towards him..."
"That sounds similar to what happened to us," I recalled, "Except it was a girl who called herself 'Sailor Galactica' and Ladybug flirted with Orion..." I scowled at the memory. Ladybug. I remembered thinking. More like Lustybug.
"Where are you guys staying at?" Dion asked, hoping to steer the conversation to a safe place. "We're staying with Ariel's cousin, Nathaniel."
"We're staying with Miko's aunt Tomoe and her daughter Kagami." Jack replied, "Kagami kind of looks like you Dion," He then showed a picture of the mentioned girl and showed her to us. Sure enough, she looked like a gender-swapped Dion with dark blue hair and shorter stature who wore formal clothing.
"I don't see it," Dion simply replied with an unamused look.
She could pass off as your sister, Dion... I thought as I shot him a deadpan look in his direction. I then felt a tap on my shoulder and saw Orion standing behind me. He had a serious look on his face and a hand on his chest.
"What is it?" I asked in Hebrew, in the hopes that no one could understand us. "Is it a Decepticon attack?" Dion had noticed as well, telling Jack, Raf, and MIko that it was nice seeing them again and that maybe we could meet up at school sometime.
"The Matrix..." He groaned, speaking Greek as we helped him sit down, When I started talking to Jack, it started to react, almost as if it was trying to tell me something about Jack."
"Was it bad?" Dion asked in Irish Gaelic, hoping that no one would listen in.
"No..." Orion's answer, "It's more like, it senses great potential in him. Not a Prime, but something like it..." Suddenly, his eyes went blank as he slumped against the wall.
We stared at Orion with concerned looks on our faces. "Is he-?" I wondered as Dion took his pulse.
"If I had to guess," Dion surmised, "Orion's going through another Matrix Experience" He stood up, and turned toward me, "At the least, it's nothing to worry about..." Suddenly, Orion's eyes went back to normal, putting a hand to his head as he shook it.
"That was something..." He commented as he slowly got up. "This time it was a Titan of all things..."
I was about to ask what it was when an alarm blared across the arena, indicating that something was wrong.
"Where's it coming from?" I hear one attendee ask.
"Entrance 6?!" A staff member exclaimed. Suddenly, a large purple beam shot into the stadium and hit the Gundam Epyon, Zaku II, and Zeta Gundam statues, blowing them up and falling on people.
"What the hell's going on here?!" I heard Jack exclaim, as a beam hit near us, causing Orion to throw himself on top of me.
"You okay?" he asked, concern written all over his face. While his concern for me was nice, he was unknowingly squeezing my breasts.
Didn't feel too bad, frankly.
"O-Orion?" I went, hoping to get his attention. "You're hurting me..." I blushed to show that I was embarrassed by it, only to realize that Orion was red in the face, practically braindead. He's one of those guys, huh? I thought as Orion fell on his back, his nose bleeding no doubt from realizing his mistake. I heard a servo move and turned my head. Out of the smoke was a trio of Gundam that had Decepticon sigils on their torsos.
"CHAOS?! GAIA?! ABYSS?!" I heard someone exclaim. Then, a voice from the Chaos spoke.
"Destroy all the exits first before they can escape," It ordered, the voice sounding like Sting Oakley.
"Gaia," Abyss spoke, sounding like Auel Nieder, "Take the left..." he commanded, turning his head toward the Gaia Gundam.
The Gaia nodded and spoke in a Stellar Loussier voice, simply saying, "Understood." The Gaia then launched itself to the left and transformed into its altmode, a wolf-like creature, and began to fire at random panels, creating chaos for everyone.
"We're all going to die!" I heard a girl scream, running off before a piece of debris was about to fall on her. No time to transform! I thought when I suddenly saw Orion push throw himself toward the woman, pushing her out of the way as the debris fell on top of him.
Right as the wreckage fell onto him, Orion pulled out his badge and screamed, "OPTIMUS PRIME, TRANSFORM!" The rubble then proceeded to shake before exploding, revealing Orion as Optimus Prime with an expression of rage engraved on his face.
"What's the plan, Prime?" I asked. I turned to Orion, only to be scared when I saw the enraged look on his face.
With a fierce grip on his blaster, he declared, "There are five unforgivable things in my book." His voice was low and menacing, as he listed them off: "Any form of social injustice, cruelty to animals or children, abuse of power, forced wokeness, and most of all, harming innocent people IN THE PURSUIT OF POWER!" His fury boiled over as he charged toward the Chaos Gundam, landing a powerful punch with a look of pure rage on his face. "AUTOBOTS!" He screamed as Dion and I pulled out our badges and hid behind some of the wreckage. "ATTACK!" Without thinking, Dion and I transformed and jumped out.
"Ultra Magnus," I exclaimed, turning toward Dion, "Focus on the Abyss, I'll handle Gaia!"
Dion's POV
I nodded as I ran to where the Abyss was, intent on stopping them or being able to buy time for the civilians to escape. "Magnus Art!" I exclaimed while slapping my hands together, "4 BLADED PILLAR FORMATION!" 4 swords appeared, stabbing the ground as a barrier formed around us. "This creates an energy barrier that prevents both its caster and victim from escaping unless either is defeated or dead." I glared at the Abyss, "In other words..." I pulled out my beam saber and ignited it, "The barrier will only disappear once a victor has been declared."
The Abyss was silent before it finally spoke, "You Autobots are always so persistent." He aimed his trident at me, "Perhaps that's why Lord Megatron wishes for your destruction!" Without warning, his chest hole shot a red beam at me, missing as I dodged and landed on a giant piece of rubble.
That explains the sigil... I thought as I pulled out my blaster and fired. It's somewhat ironic that our team name is Phantom Pain and yet we're facing off against the Gundam that were used by the originals.
"So are there more like you?" I asked, hoping to engage in intel gathering while in combat. "I didn't even know the Decepticons had Gundam."
"They don't," Abyss growled, slamming himself into me, "Me, Gaia, and Chaos were modified by the Decepticons as experiments!" He then used his shoulder cannons and fired at me again.
"Modified?" I wondered, "Who were you before?" Abyss said nothing as he threw his trident down on me, causing me to pull out my beam saber and block it.
"Not that any it's any of your business, Autobot scum," Abyss explained, "but me and my comrades used to be normal Vehicon drones before being rebuilt into these new bodies." So they were grunts before, huh? Guess that made sense, considering how I hadn't seen a single Decepticon that resembled them. "Focus on me!" I suddenly heard, my eyes widening as Abyss blew a hole in the ground, causing us to drop into the sewer below.
"Trying to take it underwater, huh?" I quipped, activating my foot thrusters. If I remember correctly, I thought as I saw him disappear into the thick but surprisingly clean sewage water. Abyss was primarily built for oceanic combat, with land and space being its respective secondary and tertiary specialties. Damn!I thought How did Shin beat this guy? I pulled out my blaster and began to look for anything that stood out to me in the water.
Suddenly, the water flew upwards as the Abyss flew and changed from its submarine mode to robot mode, flying until he shot at me, hitting my blaster. Thinking fast I threw it into the air, watching it explode due to the ammo being overheated from within the blaster. I pulled out my beam saber and ignited it once more, assuming Axl Magnus (Liege Maximo's Magnus)stance. "You don't have to follow their orders!" I exclaimed, blocking the axe-trident swings, "You and your comrades could leave the Decepticons, and start a new life for yourselves! Look at Steve!" That didn't seem like the right thing to say, because Abyss began to growl.
"Vehicon ST3V3 is a traitor to the Decepticon cause!" He exclaimed, pressing against my beam saber as he said this. "He left the cause to pursue useless activities!" I kicked him off balance and assumed a certain stance, pressing my hand to the ground as I glared at him.
I didn't think I'd have to use this, I thought as I smirked, Something's better than nothing, though. "Here goes!" I yelled, "IMPULSE MODULE DEPLOY!" A jet with a pair of cannons attached to its rear shot through the barrier, with the jet detaching itself from the cannons with the latter interlocking with my back, completing the mode change.
"ULTRA MAGNUS: BLAST IMPULSE MODE!" I cried out, using the thruster in the module to lift me in the air. As long as I don't resort to Magnus Core Mode I should be fine.
Abyss laughed at me as soon as he saw my new mode. "What are you going to do with that, lemon shot me to death?" the two cannon tips suddenly flipped towards him. They began to glow, signifying that I was going to use a charged blast. To do that, though, I needed to make enough time. Luckily for me, I could be very entertaining.
I lowered the barrier that trapped me and Abyss, allowing me to fly away from him. "Catch me if ya can, you giant hunk of scrap!" I exclaimed, zooming away from the stadium to minimize damage.
Abyss growled before flying after me, attempting to hit me with his back cannons. "You won't get away, Autobot scum!" We continued to play this game of Cat and Mouse until I stopped back at the stadium, looking around to find Abyss. I didn't have to wait long, as I felt him above me and was about to swing his axe-trident. Thinking fast, I briefly dodged and did a spin kick, disabling Abyss's flight systems and sending him crashing into the now-empty stadium. "You glitch!" he yelled as he realized he was now grounded. "I don't need to fly to kill you!" He then pointed his cannons at me and said, "Multi-phase Beam Cannon!" His chest hole began to glow brightly before firing a red beam at me.
"Alteros Cannon!" I screamed, using the same attack that Orion used on Thunderking, which collided with the red laser for a moment before it blasted through and hit Abyss in the chest, causing him to turn off color before exploding into scrap. I landed softly and grabbed the Axe trident, plunging its tip to the ground, "You may have lived and died as a Decepticon," I whispered as I looked at Abyss's remains, "but that doesn't mean you died without honor." I put my hands together in prayer, "May your spark finally know peace in the Afterspark..."
Ariel's POV
I saw a beam of light appear from Dion's location signifying that his fight had just finished. Meanwhile, I was getting my ass kicked by Gaia, and she wasn't letting up any time soon. She kept switching from MA mode to Robot mode as she fired at me. I gotta think of something fast! I thought as I dodged a blast from the beam rifle she possessed in her arsenal. Why the hell did the Decepticons think it was a good idea to recreate the Gundam from Seed Destiny of all things?! I thought as I kept dodging Gaia's beam. It doesn't help either that I can't copy her abilities either. I continued to think as I pulled out two beam sabers and began using Rahab-1(Micronus Prime's One) stance to combat Gaia. My copy power only works for special moves or weapons compatible with my body. I thought, blocking the Gaia's slashes at almost inhuman speeds. If I were to copy something such as Megatron's fusion cannon, or Lugnut's P.O.K.E. the strain on my body would kill me. "Which means," I spoke as I pulled out a blaster and fired as I slid on my back, "if I want to survive, I'll have to use a power-up." Without hesitating, I slammed my hand to the ground and screamed, "IMPULSE MODULE DEPLOY!" My hand turned into a buster similar to that of Megaman X's as the same module from my battle with Evillustrator appeared and attached itself to my back.
"ELITA-1 FORCE IMPULSE MODE!" I screamed, finishing my mode change. Gaia growled as she seemed to realize my plan, firing from her back cannons as I dodged the missiles. I need to wrap this up fast! I thought as I began shooting at Gaia with my Buster. "ELITA BUSTER!" I screamed, my buster began to glow at the tip as little light particles formed. I slid to dodge the blasts from the beam cannon, angering Gaia even more.
"Bastard!" She growled as she pulled out a beam saber and began to ram toward me. "You won't get away from me!" she screamed as I dodged her slashes and even blocked one saber slash from her with my buster(She exerted a lot of pressure mainly because she and her two comrades were 28 ft tall robots decked in Mobile Suit armor and shared the same abilities as their normal Cybertronian selves.) Thinking fast, I used my Impulse pack to fly high.
It's a good thing Gaia wasn't designed as a flight but as a land unit. I thought I dodged all of her shots. Otherwise, I'd be dead by now. I suddenly had an idea of how to beat her. This better work, I thought as I hovered above Gaia, who for some reason was becoming enraged by the fact that she couldn't find me. Otherwise, I'll end up pushing daisies like my cousin Armin! I shuddered as I thought about Armin. No disrespect to him, but that guy was, as Orion would have put it, "as dumb as an ox". (The idiot tried to wrestle a wolverine to impress a girl he met and ended up being ripped to pieces...) "Disengage, Force Impulse! " I exclaimed, feeling the battle pack detach from my back. I began falling towards Gaia, prepared to finish the fight. I threw my buster forward and began to watch as it finally charged its shot. This is it! I thought as I curled myself into a ball and steadied my buster, which was aimed at my opponent. "ELITA..." I said, slowly drawing it out for dramatic effect. "BUSTER..." I was getting closer, realizing that Gaia had anticipated my plan and had dodged just as I was about to fire. Realizing what was about to happen, I quickly turned and fired at her. "BLAST!" Sending me flying into a vending machine, spraying soda on me. Now I'm all bloody and sticky. I thought as I got up and spat blood on the ground. Looking toward my left. I realized that she was still standing, although she now had no weapons save for her hands and feet. Sighing, I realized had no choice but to resort to that.
I swore to never use this again... I thought as I assumed a pose Nathaniel would have recognized as well as other people like me. Sorry, Saba... I thought as Gaia got up. I know you wouldn't want me to use this but I've got no other choice!
"Krav Maga!" I exclaimed a serious expression in my eyes as I faced Gaia, "It's an Israeli Martial Art designed to finish off a fight as quickly and aggressively as possible!" I narrowed my gaze at her as Gaia got closer to me. I don't enjoy killing. I thought as she began charging toward me. But at this point, if I don't put this crazy femme bot down then she and that Chaos mech will kill everyone here! As soon as she got close enough, I dodged her fist and began to deploy a strategy: targeting my opponent's weak points.
One could argue that the neural cluster located on a Cybertronian's nape is their weak point. I say that's a bad idea, as there's no surefire way of knowing their altmode unless they have definable kibble on them. I knew what Gaia's altmode was and I wasn't suicidal enough to find out if the Decepticons had added teeth. That left me with the optics, neck, face, T-cog(which would cause Mode lock, a fate I wouldn't wish even on Megatron), servos, or even the fuel pump. Knowing what I had to do, I slide-dashed away from the 'Con and bounced on some of the debris, looking for an opening. There! I realized as I pushed against the Age 2 Zaku's shield. "LEVIATHAN..." I screamed, my hand in a jabbing position, "JAB!" Water surrounded my figure as a water-shaped sea serpent formed around me, roaring as I jammed my hand through Gaia's chest, blowing a hole through her chest cavity and extinguishing her spark. I landed on my feet before falling on my back, exhausted from that attack. Not bad for the daughter of Mordecai Kurtzberg, eh Saba? I thought as I turned to where Orion had been. "Good luck, Orion..." I whispered to myself, "You're gonna need it..."
Orion's POV
"This will be a challenge," I remember telling myself as I faced off against the Chaos Gundam. Primes, give me strength... I thought as I assumed Liege Maximo stance. Chaos and I stood facing each other for a moment before "Sure we can't talk this out?" I asked, hoping to not have to get energon on my hands.
Chaos growled as he pulled out his beam cannon. "Talk is cheap," he said, aiming at me, "I'd prefer more action!" he began firing his palette rifle at me as I dodged the projectiles with incredible speed. I sighed as I realized this was going nowhere and began shooting at Chaos, using my feet boosters to speed-dash away from any oncoming projectiles. "Besides," he continued as he transformed into his namesake's MA mode, "You were the one who threw the first blow when we came!" Damn it. He was right.
There goes that idea, I thought before slamming my hand to the ground, screaming "IMPULSE MODULE DEPLOY!" A jet with a pair of swords attached to its end shot out of my trailer flying for dramatic effect as it fired at Chaos Gundam, who only became more annoyed as he tried to shoot it down. I then jumped as the jet detached, revealing a second pair of wings in the shape of a v and attaching itself to my back. I grabbed the swords and ignited them.
"OPTIMUS PRIME SWORD IMPULSE MODE!" I screamed, landing in a crouched position. "Now..." I said, putting myself in Amalgamous Prime stance. "Let's dance..." We stood facing them with killing intent, waiting for the other to make the first move. Chaos struck first, he began running towards me as I held my ground, as was required for Amalgamous Stance. As he got closer, I closed my eyes and began to convert my rage into a sense of calmness, as per what Amalgamous Stance needed. "I don't know what's worth fighting for," I whispered the lyrics to "Breaking the Habit". Music was always a way of helping me keep focus and clear my mind. Linkin Park, Koji Wada, Eminem, Stan Bush, Evanescence... These were but a few examples of my musical preferences. Chaos began firing his MA mode's Mobile Weapons pods at me, causing me to dodge them despite my eyes being closed. "Or why I have to scream..." I continued, using my swords to deflect the beams shot at me, "But now I have some clarity... To show you what I mean..." I appeared above Chaos's MA mode and did a twirl before punching down on his back, sending him crashing to the ground, "I don't know how I got this way," I landed in a crouch and could feel Chaos pull put his beam saber and try to do an overhead slash on me. "I'll never be alright..." I blocked the beam saber slash by combining my swords and then twirling it like a bo staff, Chaos then proceeded to use an underhand slash but was blocked by my sword staff, which I then blocked with one bladed edge, my left hand pressing the bottom part to keep it from being pushed towards me. "So I'm breaking the habit," I continued even further, this time moving so fast that it seemed as if I didn't move at all."I'm breaking the habit, tonight!" I opened my eyes just to see Chaos looking at himself before running toward me in a fit of rage.
"DIE AUTOBOT!" He screamed throwing a fist forward at me only to stop just a few nanometers from making contact. He tried to move only to find that he couldn't. "What did you do to me?!" he growled as I sheathed my Excalibur blades, pausing for dramatic effect(Why do people like to do that?). I finished sheathing them just in time for lines to appear all over his body, spraying energon all over me as his arms fell off and module fell off, having only been affected by my slashes. "D-damn you!" he spat, falling on his knees as energon leaked from his wounds, "How could we lose to you Autobots?"
I slowly walked toward him, hoping to talk some sense into him. "You didn't lose because you fought recklessly without a plan," I told him. "You lost this battle because you thought it was smart to attack innocent civilians..." I narrowed my gaze at him as Chaos began to try and get up, "Your servos won't work because I've mixed Amalgamous Stace with an ancient technique developed by Onyx Prime when he was still part of the Order of the Guardians..." I panted as I tried catching my breath, "I won't say what it's called in case Megatron or someone else is watching through you..." I held out a hand to offer, "You don't have to listen to what they have to say," I told him, "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings," I continued, "Like your species, you are capable of not only physical changes but also changes within your spark." I stared at the sky, observing the moon and stars, "You don't have to be an Autobot, I'm not asking you to, but I am asking you to at least reevaluate your life choices." I became silent, wondering if my words got to him. I then looked into his optics and realized he had gone offline some time ago. "Till All Are One..." I whispered, looking at the sky.
Cybertron
The four Decepticon generals watched as their "experiments" (really victims) were taken offline by by the Autobots. "Experiment has been deemed a failure..." Soundwave proclaimed as he began to type a few commands into the keyboard. "Shall we scrap the project?"
"No," they heard Nightbird say, "This test run has yielded some unexpected results, namely both in the form of these Gundam and the Autobots..." Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave looked at each other in mild confusion and silently wondered if Nightbird hadn't blown a fuse. "Think about it," she continued, pressing on some holograms, amplifying the images of Optimus Prime, Elita-1, and Ultra Magnus with their Impulse Modules, "These 'Impulse Modules' were based on these Gundam, specifically, the one called the Impulse Gundam."
Shockwave was the only one who pieced together what Nightbird was saying, "If I am correct, and I am, then what you are proposing is to make modules for ourselves..." he remarked. "An interesting hypothesis that must be taken into careful consideration." Nightbird nodded in recognition, "It would be illogical for me to not at least make a side project out of this..."
"Thank you Shockwave," Nightbird replied, seemingly grateful for his consideration of her idea."Now if you excuse me, I must be at my Beloved's side," she bowed before walking out of the command center, leaving only the Seeker Commander, Communication Expert, and Mad Scientist alone with each other.
"'I must be at my beloved's side' Who the frag does she think she is?!" Starscream growled, "What I wouldn't give to blast a hole through her spark and shut her up! Maybe then we would finally be able to get some progress done!" He fired his null ray at a random Vehicon drone, whose color became smoke-grey for a few seconds before melting into molten slag.
Soundwave and Shockwave sighed. "Have you blown a diode?" Shockwave inquired, not turning away from his monitor, "If you do offline Nightbird, there will be nothing to prevent Megatron from reducing you to a pile of cinders yourself." Starscream growled as he realized that his one-eyed companion was right: Nightbird was the only reason he(and any other potential usurpers) were still online, and that was mainly because the femme was the only one who was able to calm Megatron's fits of rage. If she was out of the picture, there would be little reason to stop Megatron from turning even his most valued generals into scrap metal.
Starscream took a deep breath before fanning himself, "And what do you propose we do, doctor?" he asked, half-mocking and half serious. "There must be a way for us to reel in her ourselves, otherwise should Megatron pass, she-."
"Should Lord Megatron pass," Soundwave finished, earning a glare from Starscream, "You as second-in-command will be labeled as the new Emperor of Destruction, as per tradition."
The Seeker commander sputtered as he stared at Soundwave, "'As per tradition?!'" He gasped, placing a servo on his chest, "That only works if I had challenged him to a Duel of Emperors based on conditions we both agreed on!" Starscream exclaimed. "There is nothing in the Destron Archives that says that the SIC becomes Emperor if the current one dies in recovery!" His red optics suddenly widened as he realized something. "Unless..." he walked to a computer terminal, "Teletraan X," he began asking, punching in keys as he hoped the computer would answer, "Name one Emperor of Destruction who became emperor through assassination!"
Teletraan X was silent for a few moments as it computed results. "Search complete," It spoke in a feminine seductive tone, "5th Emperor of Destruction Shokaract became leader after murdering the previous Emperor Gigatron while the latter was in the middle of recharging. Shokaract believed that Gigatron had gone insane from the lack of battle and found it necessary to remove him from power via a beam saber through his spark. Shall I continue?"
Starscream waved a servo at Teletraan X, "No no that will be all..." he turned towards his fellow generals, "It would seem that if Megatron were to be assassinated, then I would become Emperor."
Soundwave glared at Starscream, "And what if Nightbird decides to end Megatron's life?"
"That femme would never even consider doing that!" Starscream replied, irritation laced in his voice. "She is far too enamored with Megatron to even contemplate that kind of thought."
Shockwave looked back at them, "It would be logical to at least keep an optic on her in case she does anything..."
"Indeed..." was all Starscream could say before the three went their separate ways.
Nathaniel's POV
"Be careful!" Alix said as she began to breathe hard, "You're pushing too hard!" My face was red from all the effort I was putting into it.
"I don't think I'll be able to hold it in much longer..." I replied, doing my best to keep it in.
Alix huffed as she pushed the last piece in. "And done!" she proclaimed, "you can let go now, Nathaniel!" she exclaimed, giving me the okay to shove the last piece of wood in place, "Finally!" she commented in an exasperated voice, "I thought we would never get that bookshelf assembled!" Alix and I fell on our butts as we observed our latest piece of work: a bookshelf that I had designed from scratch. "I still don't understand how we got this done in one day," Alix remarked as she took a swig of bottled water. "But who am I to complain?" she sat next to me as I took a swig of water as well, "I kinda wonder how the others are doing right now..." No sooner did she ask that, the door to the apartment was opened, revealing that it was Ariel and her friends.
"So how was the" I stopped mid-sentence once I saw the condition they were in: Ariel had her hand wrapped in a sling, black eye, and a pair of crutches. Orion was wearing a pair of shades to cover the black eyes he wore and sported multiple cuts on his body, even having blood on his lip that dripped. Dion was walking while hooked up to an IV bag while holding onto the stand for dear life. I was at a loss for words at what I saw. Alix, on the other hand, had other things to say.
"What the fuck happened to you?" She asked a look of confusion and horror present on her face.
My cousin and her friends simply looked at each other before Orion spoke, "We ran into some old friends and kinda got into a fight..."
"Was it a fight with the Decepticons?" I wondered, knowing that was the only way they could ever get like that. Ariel, Orion, and Dion were all silent before nodding in defeat.
"Lie down," I said, "I'll get the ice packs and beds ready..."
So some people are probably wondering where Ladybug and Chat Noir was in this chapter. I'm pretty sure I forgot to mention this last chapter but there will be chapters where events like this that take place during an episode. This one takes place during Pharoah.
So I'm pretty sure I have a good idea of how people are going to react to how I wrote Marinette, so I will make this very clear: I do not like her as a character. I see her as a creepy ass stalker who will do anything to make sure Adrien is hers. I've seen girls when I was in high school, do this to each other(more often than not) and end up having to be suspended because of this. That is how I feel about her as a whole.
This fic won't be about her being bashed as a character. Everyone in this story has something wrong with them. Adrien is somewhat of a pushover and yesman, and Chloe is a spoiled brat who projects her insecurities onto others by insulting them, to name a few. Not even Orion, Ariel, and Dion will be safe from me. I am not being biased, I am being fair. Everyone will get bashed at some point.
Onto the Preview: Ladybug and Chat Noir arrive at a disturbance at the Louvre only to find out the assailant might not be an akumatized villain. Meanwhile, the Autobots must deal with solving a murder that was seemingly committed by none other than... Rose Lavillant?! Next Time on Miraculous: Power of the Primes: Predator and Prey...
Autobots, Transform and Roll Out!
Aztec 13: Well, this chapter was just awesome, especially concerning the Transformers lore and the different Nemesis Primes that Elita-1 was fighting and the fusion of Pokémon characters with Bleach and Naruto was interesting, I liked the focus on Elita-1, seeing her flashbacks of her childhood is great and t, and seeing her close to Nathaniel I love it. Currently, I'm curious about Optimus's new dark form. What is it, is it the true Nemesis Prime or something else?
Please continue
MVMZ-710 Star Convoy: I'm glad you liked this chapter and to answer your question Orion's dark form is not Nemesis Prime. It's similar to Nemesis Prime but not him. I left a hint about the identity of his dark form in the chapter. Nemesis Prime will appear but not in the way you think.
Ariel and Nathaniel's childhood was supposed to show how close they are to each and give each other a bit of backstory. I'm surprised no one mentioned Dion's sudden outburst when Marinette called him Daisuke.
The Pokemon characters fused with Bleach and Naruto characters were made for different reasons. I chose Dawn and Hinata. After all, I was thinking about how similar she looked to how Hinata was in Naruto Shippuden and Misty with Hallibel because both specialize in water. I made these fights up because I thought Evillustrator's abilities were exciting but not explored well in the actual episode. This won't be the only time where an Akumatized Villain's abilities are somewhat enhanced or modified in some way.
As for the Transformers Lore, I am going to assume you mean Ultra Magnus being a white Optimus underneath. I wanted to add more to the Magnus and One thing by making traits that Magnus and Ones only have. For example, the Magnus Core mode is a Magnus move and the copy ability is a One move. The copy ability was from TFA if anyone was wondering.
I will continue this story.