Welcome back to My Hero Prime! Review Time!

VSX-2018: OK, my mistakes on my previous review. But I'm happy that Kaina and Izuku now learned about the Cybertronian's existence, even though one of them is about to kill them and the other one just save their hides.
I'm hoping that this won't be another "Bumblebee loses his voice" scenario in the next chapter.
I hope Izuku will have three forms since he is some sort of pseudo-Pretender.
One, Human Mode (default). Two, Robot Mode. Three, Vehicle Mode (of your choice).

Yeah, not exactly the best first impression. Fortunately, Bumblebee and the other Autobots will fix that in this chapter. Mostly.
Spoiling that now, no, Bumblebee will not lose his voice in this story. I never understood why, since he had his voice in Transformers Animated and it worked.
You'll just have to wait and see. Spoiling that will just spoil the fun. :)

SuperSonicHeroes: Wow, Inko sounded like a badass. It is no wonder Kaina is part of the family after what Inko did for her. Lady Nagant definitely had one of the most tragic backstories, so it is nice to see she avoided her canon counterpart's fate.
We got a good glimpse at Team Prime, and I like the additions. It is cool how you decided to mix and matches some of the characters, giving them a design from one show with a little characteristics of another version, like Bulkhead having his Animated counterpart's wrecking ball or how Arcee was Pink before changing to her Blue color scheme. I am shocked that Bumblebee still has his voice, considering how often him losing it is now associated with the character, but hey that does mean he avoided a graphic fate so good for him.
I noticed Barricade also referred to him as B-127, his original name from his titular film. Either he's unaware of Bumblebee's new name or he just doesn't care.

Sad that canon seems to treat Inko like an afterthought unless she's crying about/worried about Izuku. Thank Primus for fanfiction!
Yeah, she definitely deserved better. So did a lot of characters.
Not that I don't mind mute Bumblebee, but I felt it was overplayed in the Bay films, Prime, and Bumblebee/Rise of the Beasts. Let the bot speak!
Considering he's a bad guy, I'm more inclined to go with the latter.

KaijuEmperor: Damn didn't expect Inko Midoriya to be the Phoenix Wright in this universe but ah shit she died of cancer?! That sucks for her and especially poor Izuku.
But now we're getting to the Autobot and Decepticon battles and so far so good, keep it up.
Also for my reply I wasn't suggesting that Izuku would be a Maximal by turning into an animal, I was saying that Izuku's beast mode was his human form.

Well we don't really inow what her job is in canon. And in most fanfics where she has more presence, she's either:
A) A Nurse/Doctor
B) A Lawyer
C) A Retired-Pro Heroine.
I felt that in order to get Izuku and Kaina where they needed to be, Option B was the best. Plus a little injection of the determination and willpower that gets passed on to Izuku.
I will try my best.
Oh, okay. Still not quite what I'm going for. We'll probably get more in depth with that next chapter.

pokecharmer007: Ok, can i just say that i was surprised that you made references to other anime/game? Like the moment you said Danzo Masayoshi, i immediately thought of Danzo. I didn't take the Shido one even though i know Persona 5 and i hated him so much in that game and anime.
Anyways, loved the way you referenced them like little cameos. Also loved this story. This and another fanfic, Transformers: MHA made me inspired to think up my own story so keep at it. And i can't wait to see what's in store~

I just thought of the names of two anime/video game characters that were so vile and evil that I hated. Seemed to work.
Cool. Hopefully I won't disappoint.

Dragozilla: Awesome! I love this story. I take it you're not a fan of Aizawa? If so, no big deal. I'm of the opinion writers tend to let him off the hook for his bs. Same thing with Bakugo.

Well, I'm not one of those writers. And neither of these two are going to get away with anything.
And as for if I like Aizawa? In canon, hell no. I'll go into more details on that when I write the chapter where he's taken to task. Stay tuned.

So with all those answered, time to ROLL OUT!

Arc 1: More Than Meets The Eye

Chapter 3: Vehicular CAR-nage!

Bumblebee shot out of the park and cleared the parking lot, pulling a hard right onto the street and heading into one of the abandoned neighborhoods.

Looking behind them, Izuku and Kaina saw the police car robot, Barricade, in hot pursuit.

Which involved smashing into Kaina's car, launching it into one of the light poles and nearly crushing it in half like a soda can.

"Son of a bitch," she cursed.

"Yeah, I don't think your insurance is gonna cover that," Izuku added.

"They probably didn't take into account alien robot fights," Bumblebee stated.

Both Kaina and Izuku looked at the dashboard, seeing the red symbol on the touchscreen. "Aliens," Kaina said in disbelief.

"Totally my first choice, just pushing out 'Secret Government Super-Weapon'," Izuku replied.

"Your best scientists barely scratched the surface of space travel. You really think they could make something like me?"

"Touche."

At that moment they saw one of the Vehicons in their car form pull up alongside them, no doubt to try and push them into a building. The humans inside were about to say something, but Bumblebee simply hit the brakes right as the Vehicon moved, letting him ram into the building himself. "Amateurs," he muttered.

"You've done this before," Kaina asked.

"The Autobots, that's me and my buds," Bumblebee replied, "and the Decepticons, that's those losers, have been at war for eons. To quote a friend of mine, this ain't my first rodeo."

Over the dashboard, a gruff voice said "Ain't that the truth."

"Speak of the devil. Hey, Ironhide."

"Somehow it just figures you'd be in this situation," another voice quipped, this one female.

"Eh, what can I say, Arcee," he joked. "Trouble tends to find me. Just ask Bulkhead."

"He ain't wrong on that," a gruff yet friendly voice replied, which Izuku and Kaina assumed was Bulkhead. "Good news is, we're close to your position. Lead them to that square two blocks ahead and get ready for some fireworks."

"10-4, Bulk."

While they were conversing, Izuku looked out the windows and saw that Barricade and the five Vehicons, including the one that crashed into the building, had caught up to them. Barricade yelled "B-127, pull over and surrender and I'll make sure Megatron offlines you quickly and painlessly!"

"The name's BUMBLEBEE, and the answer is GET SCRAPPED!"

Before any of the Decepticons could react, Bumblebee's trunk opened up to reveal what looked like two rocket engines, which immediately ignited with blue fire. Before Izuku and Kaina could react they were thrown back into their seats as Bumblebee rocketed forward, putting a lot of distance between him and the others.

Once he started to slow down, Izuku caught his breath and asked "How come you didn't do that earlier?"

"Because if I push my boosters for too long they'll overheat and the internal circuitry will get messed up. And trust me, they're a pain in the tailpipe to pull out, repair, and put back in."

"Fair enough."

They finally made it to the square, with Bumblebee pulling a 180 turn and opening the doors. As Izuku and Kaina scrambled out, Bumblebee said "Take cover somewhere. Try and stay out of sight. Go!"

Izuku and Kaina obliged, running into the small apartment building they were in front of. Once they were inside, Bumblebee transformed into his robot form, turning to face the oncoming Vehicons. Once they got closer he converted his hands into blasters, taking aim and waiting for them to get closer. The Vehicons transformed and started charging at him; some converting their hands to blades while the others turned their hands to guns and took aim. Seeing this, he rolled his eyes and hissed into the comms "Ready when you guys are."

The lead Vehicon was about to reach him, but there was suddenly the sound of a large engine and squealing tires from the Vehicon's right. "INCOMING!"

The Vehicon was then blindsided by Bulkhead's vehicle form crashing into him and sending him flying, before transforming and aiming his large blasters at the remaining Vehicons.

The other Autobots arrived as well, transforming and taking positions on either side of Bumblebee. Jazz aimed his Scatter Blaster and said "Alright, Cons. We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."

Cliffjumper smirked. "We've got no problems with either option, you glorified tin cans."

Ironhide chuckled, a large eight-barreled minigun mounted to his right arm, while mounted on his left arm was a large cannon. Aiming his minigun at them, he said "Go ahead. Make my day."

Arcee rolled her eyes. "That's the last time we let you watch those human movies."

Bulkhead glared at Barricade and said "Your call, Decepticon."

Barricade growled, his hands forming into his chain maces again. "Decepticons, TAKE NO PRISONERS!"

Bumblebee smirked, before his faceplate slid down and covered his "mouth" and eyes, and extended a blade from his right arm. "To quote Optimus; Autobots, ROLL OUT!"

The Vehicons started firing their blasters, forcing the other Autobots to take cover behind whatever was available, save for Jazz who used an energy grappling hook to zip away to a nearby rooftop. He then yanked one of the Vehicons up with the grappler, before blasting him apart with the shotgun-like Scatter Blaster. He then used the grappler to pull the damaged Con to him, his Scatter Blaster transforming into a hand before extending a blad that he promptly used to decapitate the Vehicon, the headless body falling with a thud while the head continuing to roll across the roof. Pumping his fist, Jazz said "One down!"

Arcee has taken on her own Vehicon with a few blasts from her energon blasters, before transforming into her motorcycle form to dodge the return fire. Once she got close enough she transformed back and attacked, revealing hidden blades under her arms that she used to slice off the Vehicons arms. She transformed her one hand into a blaster, spinning around and promptly nailing the bot in the head, which exploded. "That's two," she muttered.

Cliffjumper and Ironhide were both engaged with their own Vehicon opponents; but that scuffle ended when Ironhide unloaded with his minigun while Cliffjumper fired his Neutron Assault Rifle, the repeated fire eventually tearing through the enemy bots like tissue paper. They both exchanged a fist bump, before Cliffjumper said "Numbers 3 and 4 are down. How're the rest of you guys doing?"

"Just about done, Cliff," Bulkhead replied, lifting his opponent up by his throat before executing a brutal choke-slam that shattered the concrete. He then proceeded to lift him up with his legs up, holding him tightly with his head a few feet above the concrete.

Recognizing the way he was holding him, Izuku's jaw dropped. "Is that giant alien robot about to perform the Undertaker's-"

"TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER," Bulkhead yelled, letting himself fall onto his knees and slamming the Vehicon's head into the concrete, shattering both the concrete and the Con's head.

Watching this spectacle, Izuku and Kaina had looks of both shock and disbelief. "Okay, I don't know what I'm having more trouble believing," Kaina grumbled.

"The fact that there are giant alien robots that transform into vehicles fighting," Izuku asked. "Or the fact that one of them is apparently a big fan of the WWE?"

"Pick one."

"Oh trust me."

They both looked up from their hiding spot to see Ironhide looking through the window at them. "Bulk, Bee and I all love those old human wrestling videos. The difference is when we do that stuff it's nowhere near as scripted."

Looking around and seeing the other Autobots reconvening after their fights, Izuku noticed one of them was missing. "Hey, where's Bumblebee?"

"I saw him and Barricade go rolling in that direction," Cliffjumper replied, pointing down the street.

Almost immediately they heard shattering glass, blaster fire, and revving engines.

"Does that noise mean he's winning or losing," Kaina asked in concern.

"Ah, you got nothing to worry about," Bulkhead replied with a smile. "Bee's more than capable of scrapping that Con. I have no doubt that-" He blinked and asked "Uh, where'd the kid go?"

Immediately Kaina turned around while the other Autobots looked, and unsurprisingly (to her, anyway) Izuku was gone. She looked around and saw him in his robot form, firing a miniaturized version of Jazz's grappler to get onto the rooftops before bounding across them to get to where Bumblebee was. "Damn it, Izuku," she grumbled.

"Let me guess," Arcee said with a smirk. "Hero complex that overrides his self-preservation?"

"It's one of his best and worst traits," she admitted. Hearing more explosions, she asked "Mind giving me a lift?"

Still smirking, Arcee transformed into her motorcycle form. "Hop on."

Meanwhile, Bumblebee found himself locked in a grapple with Barricade. They were both pretty evenly matched, before he managed to push Barricade off balance and make him stumble. He then grabbed the Decepticon by the shoulders and headbuttted him with a very loud CLANG! before nailing him with a roundhouse kick that sent him into a nearby abandoned storefront. "Sheesh, Barricade," he laughed. "You slowing down in your old age?"

Barricade growled as he smashed through the storefront, his flails at the ready. "I am only three eons older than you, B-127," he yelled, before rushing at him with his flails swinging around and smashing everything they could. Bumblebee did his best to dodge them, but sadly one of the flails managed to wrap around his arm. "Oh, scrap me."

Barricade laughed at this before yanking Bumblebee off the ground, swinging him around and through several buildings. He eventually swung his flail and Bumblebee overhead, slamming the poor Autobot scout down on the ground. "Ow," he grumbled, wincing.

From the nearby rooftop Izuku saw all of this unfold, having been watching for the last couple of minutes. "Come on, Bumblebee," he whispered. "Get up."

Barricade had recalled his flails back, his one having unwrapped itself from Bumblebee's arm. "You know B-127, you've been a real pain in my axle ever since that fateful day during the first of the Iacon Sieges," he said happily. "So I won't lie-" His hands shifted, revealing razor sharp claws that he started running against each other with a shower of sparks. "-ripping your Spark out and presenting it to Megatron is going to be a LOT of fun for me."

Bumblebee groaned weakly and moved to raise his one arm blaster, but Barriacde was quicker and pinned it with his foot. With his other arm pinned by rubble, he was pretty much defenseless.

Despite all of that, however, he still glared at Barricade and growled "Get it over with, Decepticreep."

Barricade cackled at that. "Get it over with? No, Autobot. I'm gonna take my time, AND ENJOY THIS!"

He raised his right claw up, intending to bring it down on Bumblebee's head-

VRRR-FWOOM!

-only for a green laser to pierce through his arm right at the elbow joint, nailing the exposed area between the armor plating and annihilating everything in its path.

The result was Barriacde crying out in pain and wrenching his arm back, stumbling back and off of Bumblebee. The damage to his joint was so strong that his lower arm hung limp and lifeless, refusing to move no matter how much the Decepticon tried to will it to. "What in Primus-"

"HEY SCRAPHEAD!"

He turned his hateful optics towards the voice only to see Izuku standing on the rooftop, his right arm having turned into a miniaturized version of a Proton Sniper Rifle. "YOU!"

"Yeah, me," Izuku admitted, keeping the rifle trained on Barricade. "Gotta admit, I didn't think this little thing would have so much power behind it. But hey, big things come in small packages."

Barricade growled, his still functional left arm transforming into a blaster and aiming at Izuku. "YOU STUPID, INSIGNIFICANT SCRAPLET! YOU JUST SIGNED YOUR-"

Whatever he was about to say was cut off as Bumblebee, with his arm free, unloaded several shots from his blaster into Barriacade's chest and face.

Exactly as Izuku had planned.

But that didn't mean he wouldn't capitalize on this new opportunity, since with Barricade distracted he had brought his blaster up to Izuku's level. With reaction time and aim that would've made Kaina proud (assuming that she didn't kill him later) he aimed and fired a shot right down the barrel of Barricade's blaster.

The result was a massive explosion that destroyed the entirety of his left arm, leaving only a few straight cables and pieces of metal at the shoulder, which was leaking an electric blue liquid. Barricade screamed in pain, only to be cut off from a now freed Bumblebee slugging him in the face, sending him toppling to the ground.

The Decepticon didn't get back up, and after about a minute Izuku asked "Is he-"

Bumblebee shook his head. "Nah, he's still functional."

"Oh." Looking warrily at Bumblebee, he asked "Uh, you're not going to-"

"Kid, the Autobots aren't monsters." His faceplate lifted up, and he continued "With him being literally disarmed, he's technically a noncombatant. We don't kill the defenseless. That's what separates us from the Cons."

He nodded, understanding on his face. "Are the other Decepticons gonna put him back together?"

Bumblebee made the "so-so" gesture with his hand. "Maybe. Their leader's got a really low tolerance for failure, but Barricade's served him faithfully for eons. I'm sure he'll give him a second chance."

"Okay."

At that moment, there was the unmistakable sound of a motorcycle, and both Izuku and Bumblebee turned to see the transformed Arcee and the other Autobots rolling down the street.

With Kaina riding on Arcee.

And Izuku could see (thanks to his enhanced vision as a robot) that she did not look happy.

"Oh, scrap."

Once all of them were gathered, Kaina wasted no time in laying into Izuku. "-COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE! YOU DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO THINK BEFORE YOU WENT CHARGING OFF! DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I WAS ABOUT YOU?! ARE YOU TRYING TO-"

"Um, ma'am," Bumblebee started, only to be cut off by her shooting him a death glare that could rival Arcee's (and hers were bad enough that would cause even Ratchet to tremble in fear.)

Fortunately, Arcee wasn't afraid of that look and cut in. "Look, I get that you wanna give him a full and very thorough scolding, but we should probably get you guys back to our base before your local law enforcement comes along."

"Or worse, MORE Decepticons," Bulkhead added.

As much as she wanted to keep going, Kaina relented. But not before shooting a glare at Izuku (who was already sweating bullets back in his human form) and growled "Enjoy your stay of execution. It won't last long."

Izuku gulped. Geez. No matter how many years I've lived with her, Big Sis can still strike fear into my very soul.

The other Autobots, save for Arcee, all agreed with his sentiment.

Arcee just smirked at Kaina. "I think you and I are gonna get along just fine." She then radioed back to base "You there, Ratchet?"

"Always," the medic-bot replied. "How bad was it this time?"

"Honestly compared to what usually happens, this was pretty tame."

"That's a relief. I assume you have Izuku Midoriya and Kaina Tsutsumi with you?"

"Affirmative. We need a Ground Bridge."

"Standby."

There was a slight flash of light from a few yards in front of them, before a loud hum was heard as a swirling blue and green portal appeared. "Uh, what is that thing," Izuku asked.

"Repurposed Space Bridge technology," Bulkhead replied. "Only instead of getting us across galaxies, we're limited to going to anywhere on Earth."

"I'd recommend you save the explanations for when you get back to base, Bulkhead," Ratchet lightly chided. "I'm picking up some chatter from the police hotlines."

"Well, you heard the bot," Jazz said, transforming. "We gotta roll."

Once all of the bots had transformed and their passengers had boarded (Izuku wisely climbing into Bumblebee while Kaina climbed onto Arcee again) they all drove off through the portal. Izuku and Kaina experienced a brief feeling of vertigo as they passed through, not enough to make them lose their dinners but enough to make them stumble a bit as they exited/got off their respective rides. "Is that normal," Izuku asked.

Transforming back, Bumblebee winced. "Yeah, sorry. Didn't think about that. We don't normally take organics through them."

"Oh believe me, I've been through much worse," Kaina replied, managing to shake it off. "But can someone please explain to me where we are and what exactly is going on?"

Ironhide smirked. "We'll get there. But first you might wanna take a look around."

Confused, they did and noticed their new surroundings.

Which just so happened to be the enormous bridge of the Ark.

Finally getting a sense of what was going on, Izuku asked "Are we on you guys's spaceship?!"

"Well, half of it," Cliffjumper replied. "Long story there. But I think the Big Guy can explain it better."

"Uh, which one," Kaina asked. "Compared to you guys, we're ants."

"I believe they're referring to me."

The statement had come from arguably the largest of the robots they had ever seen; a Goliath of a robot with a mostly red body but with blue hands and a blue... helmet. He easily stood a good head and a half taller than Bulkhead and Ironhide, who at the time had been the tallest of the Autobots the two humans had met.

He was very tall, and the stoic expression that he had on his face made him seem very intimidating.

But the moment that he saw his fellow Autobots, his expression softened and he smiled. "I assume you all didn't have too much trouble."

All of the Autobots shook their heads, except for Bumblebee. Instead he said "Actually Optimus, Barricade did have me on the ropes for a bit."

"Are you alright?"

He nodded. "Yeah." He pointed at Izuku and added "You can thank him for that."

"Really?"

Seemingly aware that they had to crane their necks to look up at him, Optimus crouched down to look at them, allowing the two to get a close look at his eyes.

Eyes that Izuku noted seemed to hold an immense amount of wisdom, but also seemed to hold a bit of world weariness. If this robot was their leader, then it was clear that Bumblebee's statement about the Autobots being at war for eons had not been exaggeration.

Finally he gently asked Izuku "Is what he said true?"

Izuku gulped, not used to being put on the spot like that, but he mustered his courage and replied "Yes." He then looked at Kaina and continued "I get that what I did was reckless, and I am sorry for making you worry, but Bumblebee put his life on the line to save us from those guys. I couldn't just stand by and do nothing when that walking police car was about to rip out his..." He paused then looked over at Bumblebee and asked "Uh, what's the closest equivalent you guys have to a heart?"

"A Spark," Bumblebee replied.

"Thank you." He turned back to Kaina and said "I get what you're saying, but you know that I can't just turn away when somebody needs help; human, alien robot, or otherwise."

Kaina looked like she wanted to admonish him, but she eventually sighed in defeat. "You still need to learn to think things through and get a few ounces of self-preservation, but I can't be too mad at you for what you did," she admitted. "But for the love of all that is holy, at least let me come with you next time. Okay?"

"Okay."

They both turned back to Optimus and Izuku said "Sorry about that. But, yeah. I took out his arms while Bumblebee knocked him out."

"He was still functioning when we left," Bumblebee added. "So I don't doubt that we'll probably be seeing him again in the future."

Optimus nodded at that. He then looked at Izuku and said "Though I do agree with Lady Nagant that you were reckless, nonetheless you have my thanks for aiding Bumblebee."

"It's no trouble," Izuku bashfully replied.

"I'd ask how you now my codename, but that's not exactly the most pressing question we have right now," Kaina said.

"I understand," Optimus replied. "We have several questions of our own for you and Izuku Midoriya as well."

"Well if you don't mind, maybe you could please answer a few of my questions first," Izuku suggested. "Who are you guys? Who were those robots who were trying to kidnap me? And... is my Quirk somehow related to you guys?"

A small smile crept across Optimus's face. "My name is Optimus Prime. But to fully explain who the Autobots are, I'd have to explain much of the history of the Great War."

Izuku and Kaina looked at each other, before Izuku pulled one of his notebooks out of his backpack and a pen. "I'd say we got time."

The other Autobots gave light chuckles, while Optimus simply nodded. "Very well.

'Many eons ago..."

-To Be Continued-

So yeah. This chapter may be a bit shorter, but that's mostly because it's pretty much one big action scene. Fortunately, next chapter will have a bit more lore to talk about, as Optimus not only gives a brief history lesson on Cybertron and the war between the Autobots and Decepticons, but also we get some insight into what exactly Izuku is and his connection to the Cybertronian race.

And before anyone says anything, yes, I am absolutely a fan of the Undertaker. And we all know that if any Autobot would pull off those kinds of moves, it would be Bulkhead.

Until next time: Autobots, ROLL OUT!