SZ: *grins widely at the announcement of BBTAG 2.0*
Z0: *waves hand in his face* He's gone…
SZ: Can ya blame me? So many new things! Senran Kagura...new RWBY character...and...though...WHY A TANK?! I know he's a character in Akatsuki Blitzkamph, but still why a tank?! How's anyone supposed to fight it?!
Z0: *brings in Bulkhead who drops his mace on SZ* Thinking clearly now?
SZ:...better...but let us get to it! We own nothing aside from original content, so start us off!
Z0: *ducks into a bunker as the ground begins shaking* I woke up Fortress Maximus!
SZ;...*runs off just as the ground began to shake*
GT: Who woke up a Titan?! *building collapses from a massive foot stepping on it*
"...I just thought of something," Makoto spoke, looking out the window to see Silverbolt and Jenny flying beside them, "How're we gonna hide the big guy since he's...well his other form is a wolf/eagle fusion."
"We're not keeping him for one. And I'm sure the Autobots on Earth have a place for him to stay," Tsubaki stated.
"Well I figured that, but still… he kinda stands out."
"Well sadly there's not much that can be done. Thankfully he's a transforming robot so we don't have to explain that much beyond that," Tsubaki went on, "I'd imagine...and hope that when we get to Detroit, this will be rather normal."
"Has anything been normal since the academy?" Mai asked.
"W…" Tsubaki began before pausing, "...No...no that is true…"
"Ehehe...yeah…" Makoto laughed in agreement.
"And yet we've faced weirder since coming here," Kajun contered, her eyes on her tablet as she looked up information on Cybertronians.
"...Why do I feel a sense of dread?" Silverbolt asked.
"That's normal," Jenny spoke, "She's mighty interested in science and the like."
"She sounds like Perceptor…" Silverbolt shivered.
"Perceptor?"
"An Autobot who actually deleted parts of himself, including his emotions, to increase his mental capacity," Silverbolt explained.
"?!" Jenny's eyes widened at that, "But...doesn't that seem a bit extreme?"
"It does, but when he did it...it was during the time that many Cybertronians call 'The Great War,'" Silverbolt explained, "For several thousand solar cycles, it was a war between Autobots and Decepticons. We barely turned the tide of the war when Perceptor developed Project Sentinel, creating several larger Transformers based upon folklore of a race of Transformers known as the Titans, rumored to have been so massive they became entire cities for their alt modes."
"Entire cities?!" Jenny gawked.
"Yes. It's quite an interesting folklore, isn't it?" Silverbolt chuckled.
"I...jumpin' Jiminies…" Jenny whispered in disbelief.
"..." Makoto looked over at Kajun for a moment before whispering to Mai and Tsubaki, "We better not let Kajun go to Cybertron...or else she may end up going crazy or pass out from info overload."
"He's dropping a lot of bombs on Jenny?" Mai guessed, earning a nod, "...How big?"
"I'd tell you, but…" Makoto pauses as she pointed at Kajun.
"...Fair enough."
In space, a Cybetronian ship entered into Earth's Solar System. It slowed to a halt around Jupiter as the pilot and crew took the time to prepare for touchdown on the planet ahead. The purple angular insignia was a clear indicator of which side the ship belonged to.
"Grah!" several Decepticon mercenaries shouted as they began punching one another.
"Ah!" others cheered loving the violence and chaos.
"Well well…." Overlord smirked opening the door as the Decepticons continued, "Ain't you all having a grand old time back here." he laughed as the two fighting split apart, "I bet you are all raring to tear that little organic backwater planet apart huh?"
"Yeah!" they cheered.
"Just remember...the Prime...is all mine." he spoke walking among them as he patted the shoulders of several, "But other then him...have fun boys...the Louder...the Better!" he cheered.
"Overlord! Overlord!" they began chanting.
"Boss, are you sure about...these guys?" a Decepticon as tall as Overlord asked, his armor green and white, "This is scraping the bottom of the Con barrel ain't it?"
"Oh don't you worry none, Sixshot...these are just...how they say, , Cannon fodder. This Earth has some decent defenses for a backwater mudhole." Overlord smiled, "I say we let these guys go wild...and Optimus Prime will find his way to us." he laughed, "Maybe I'll get to see how good he is in the process."
"I hate having to share a space with a bunch of...ugh...low level bots." Sixshot sneered behind the mask which covered his face.
"They won't be here long...they won't be here long." Overlord smiled.
"If we don't reach this Mudball soon...I'm gonna slag the next one that touches me." Sixshot spoke walking off.
"Whew! We finally made it!" Makoto exclaimed as she hopped out of the ship, the group arriving within the city of Detroit, specifically the docks, "...though why the docks?"
"It's the safest place to hide our ship, and the Autobots base shouldn't be that far away from here." Tsubaki explained.
"Ahh."
"Also Mai and Noel will look after the ship while we're busy," Kajun added.
"...You really wanna examine the Autobots don't you?"
"...no…."
"...Noel, switch out with Kajun," Tsubaki sighed.
"D'oh…" Kajun pouted as Noel hopped out of the ship.
"D-don't worry. I'll bring you back something nice," Noel offered
"Okay…" Kajun waved them off with comical tears running down her face.
"So any ideas where the Autobot base here is?" Jenny asked as she looked up at Silverbolt, who converted into robot mode.
"Well it sh-" Silverbolt began before a scream went off, "?!"
"Did someone panic when they saw Silverbolt?" Tsubaki asked.
"No...but...it's something." Makoto spoke, her ears flicking a bit as she listened, "It more sounds like..a scream of distress...oh! Robbery!...Yes! Action time!"
"We could catch the Autobots there, I hear they act as local heroes stopping human villains." Tsubaki offered.
"Wow...why is it aliens are a lot nicer than most humans at times?" Makoto asked.
"I...huh…" Noel paused, "That's...a good question actually."
"Maybe…" Jenny began before something blurred past her, a few feathers falling around where Silverbolt once stood, "..."
"Well...it almost feels like Ben never left...oh boy...imagine both of them together…" Makoto shook her head, "Nightmares for another day. For now...action time!" she declared as she ran off.
'...pot meet kettle,' Tsubaki mentally deadpanned as she, Noel, and Jenny ran after them.
"Stop thief!" a police officer snapped as some cop cars chased after a man wearing something akin to Robin Hood with a bronze/gold gauntlet and a black mask over their eyes as they swung from light pole to light pole carrying some bags of money.
"As if 't be true I'd surrend'r to the likes of thee!" he declared, firing another arrow and swinging away.
"Ah...should have called in the chief or call one of th-" one of the cops began.
"You know how the chief feels about technology, especially robots," Another cop pointed out.
"I mean...we got em back in town...why the heck not?" the first argued, "Plus how do these costume freaks keep getting out of prison!?"
"How should I know?! We…" he began before something blurred past him, "Woah! What was that?!"
"Beats…" the other began before something else blurred past him, "Woah!"
"Halt!"
"Hmm?" the thief blinked before narrowly avoiding a lunge, "Ahh! Are those accursed automatons in pursuit of thee as well?"
"Oh lord...He sounds like Tsubaki during that one play at the academy…" Makoto groaned as she rode on Silverbolt's back.
"I have no clue what a play is...but I'm assuming his form of dictation is rather annoying...but I find it charming!" Silverbolt laughed.
"Don't you dare, Fluffy!" Makoto quickly spoke up.
"Aw~"
"I've finally gone nimble-footed…" the thief blinked for a minute, "The autobotic machines has't recruit'd new allies, and one of those folk is a maiden with a rath'r odd attire…"
"Hey! At least this suit is safe for work!" Makoto shook her fist, "Trust me on that…" she let her head drop for a moment.
"I understood none of this...mainly since Autobots don't wear clothing...except capes…" Silverbolt muttered.
"D'oh...nevermind," Makoto sighed before looking at the thief, "So...who are you supposed to be? A knock-off Robin Hood that got kicked out by his Merrymen?"
"Nay. Alloweth me to introduceth myself, fair maiden. I am the Angry Archer, nobleman who is't steals from those far rich'r than myself f'r myself," the thief replied, delivering a formal bow before firing an arrow that came out of his gauntlet, a rope attached to it and his waist quickly pulling him away from the via the arrow hooking onto a passing by truck, "Valorous day to thee and thy beast!"
"Oh no you don't!" Makoto snapped, "Toss me at him!"
"Wh-what?!" Silverbolt blinked in surprise at that.
"Seriously, I've done it before," Makoto argued, "Throw me as hard as ya can before he gets away!"
"Are you sure?" Silverbolt asked.
"Sure, I'm sure!" Makoto assured, "Now throw me, big guy!"
"Well...alright," SIlverbolt replied.
He howled before transformed. Makoto jumped into the air as he did so and landed in his hand. He reeled back and threw the Beastkin at the laughing Angry Archer.
"Verily, I hast made a cl-" Angry Archer began as he turned, only to tense when he saw Makoto rocketing towards him, "ZOUNDS!"
"The play's over!" Makoto declared, reeling a fist back and slamming it into his face, knocking him into a wall, breaking it before he fell into a dumpster below it, "Hah!"
"...I hope I didn't throw her too hard," Silverbolt whispered as Tsubaki, Noel, and Jenny caught up with him.
"Okay. What's th…" Tsubaki began before noticing the broken wall, "...MAKOTO!"
"It was a team effort!" Makoto argued as she jumped off the truck.
"I guess I did," Silverbolt noted, flinching at the look Tsubaki delivered, 'Why am I reminded of my old drill instructor at boot camp when she gives that look?!'
"Zounds…" Angry Archer groaned as he crawled out of the dumpster, plopping onto the ground while rubbing his face, "Me thinks that maiden hast knocketh one of thy molars loose…"
"...You're not taking the tooth again, Makoto," Noel deadpanned.
"Aw come on! Not my fault my dad never told me the Tooth Fairy wasn't real 'till I put a sack of teeth from criminals under my pillow…" Makoto grumbled.
"You did what?" Tsubaki gawked as Silverbolt quickly picked up Angry Archer by the back of his outfit and placed him between two officers that quickly cuffed him.
"Huh...First time seeing one of you Autobots looking like this," one officer noted, looking up at Silverbolt.
"A small error in the scanning process, but I don't mind it," Silverbolt replied, "...Wait a moment. You know the Autobots?"
"Know 'em? They're some of the best heroes here in Detroit," the officer chuckled, "Though, uh...could do without some of the issues that happen when they have those Deception robot guys come at times. Sure, they help clean everything up and even help with repairs, but could go just one week without a part of the city wrecked."
"Agreed," the other nodded while getting the Angry Archer into the back of their car.
"Um...By any chance do you know where they reside?" Silverbolt asked, "I wasn't informed about it when I was assigned to speak to Optimus Prime."
"Not really. Only guy who knows where they live is the captain," the first replied as a yellow car approached, a siren on the hood going off, "Oh, there he is now."
"D'oh fer cryin' out loud! Did one of those bots wreck another piece of the city catching another criminal?!" a voice complained as a rather rotund man got out of the car with fading blond hair, bushy blond mustache, and wearing a blue button shirt, brown slacks/coveralls, black shoes, and a badge.
"My apologies, officer," Tsubaki apologized, earning the man's attention.
"Aw ya gotta be kiddin' me," the man groaned upon spotting Tsubaki's badge on her uniform, "Plumbers? I thought youse folks didn't have jurisdiction with the Autobot Commonwealth or folks from it."
"You know the Plumbers?" Tsubaki asked.
"Nice feller that Max Tennyson," the man replied before turning to the officers, "Get that archer back to jail and this time, make sure he gets a full body pat down."
"Yes sir," the two saluted.
"...I'm guessing guys like him get out too often," Noel sweatdropped as the two cops drove off.
"Telling by how he looked, most likely…" Jenny added.
"Hey we…" the man began before noticing Jenny, "...Don't tell me. Another of Sumdac's creations, or a female Cybtertronian? Or did ya get animated from somethin' from a shard of that All-whatchamacallit?"
"No. I was built in the 1920s by my mom, Nora Wakeman, in Tremorton, California," Jenny replied, "Was just brought back online a month back."
"...I see," The man noted before looking back at Tsubaki, "Name's Fanzone by th' way, and mind telling me what exactly brings you Plumbers here?"
"We were helping Silverbolt here in locating the Autobots here in Detroit," Tsubaki explained, "He has a message for Optimus Prime, and it must be delivered to him."
"...It better not involve one of them Decipticons…" Fanzone warned before seeing the way they were trying not to look at him, "...It does, doesn't it?"
"Unfortunately, yes," Silverbolt replied before bopping the bottom of a fist into an open palm, "Oh, now I recognize you. You were the organic who appeared on Cybertron with Ratchet that helped expose Longarm Prime was actually the Decepticon Shockwave."
"Coulda sworn that Jazz said that dingus Sentinel took the credit," Fanzone noted, raising a brow as he looked over the Autobot.
"I was one of the Autobots to arrive in time to see him escape," Silverbolt explained.
"Right...and the winged werewolf look?"
"When I was entering orbit, my engine was jammed by an old satellite and caused my ship to crash. It messed with the scanner and ended up scanning two organic forms instead of a vehicle," Silverbolt sheepishly explained before shaking his head, "But there's no time. Do you know where the Autobots reside in Detroit?"
"...ahh...I'm not sure if they're still there, but you may want to check one of the old car manufacturing plants in the old part of town," Fanzone explained, "Can't miss it. It's the only one that has a tree growing out of it near the highway."
"Understood," Tsubaki nodded, "Thank you for the information, Captain Fanzone."
"Eh, not a problem. Just please, try to keep th' ruckuss out of the city fer once. We just finished cleaning up from all them giant purple bots wrecking the place," Fanzone sighed.
"...giant purple bots?" Jenny repeated.
"You don't wanna know."
"Heh heh...oh Ben is gonna be jealous when he finds out what we did," Makoto cheekily grinned as she and the girls rode on Silverbolt's back, Jenny flying beside them.
"We're helping to relay a message, Makoto. I want to try and have as little conflict as I can," Tsubaki stated with a sigh.
"Knowing our luck? No chance," Makoto replied, earning a groan from the red head.
"Hmm...It's strange," Silverbolt noted, more to himself than anyone else.
"What's wrong?" Jenny asked.
"With everything I've been doing since I arrived, I could have sworn I've used more Energon than normal," Silverbolt noted, "Yet, an internal diagnostics check says I've barely used a tenth of what I should've used."
=It could be that your organic alternate mode has created a process in which you not only convert biomass into 'Energon,' but also streamline the process and let you use less than you normally spend= Kajun noted on Tsubaki's badge.
"Kajun…" Tsubaki frowned.
=Sorry. Just...oh all this information I'm learning…= Kajun admitted =Plus it would help us learn more information on Ben's Cybertronian form=
"Hmm? Ben? As in Ben Tennyson?" Silverbolt asked, "As in…"
"The same one who saved the universe millions of times. Yeah yeah...we get it enough from him, "Makoto deadpanned, "Let me guess, your planet wants to give him a medal."
"Actually it is best he stays away from Cybertron."
"Hubba wha?"
"Sentinel Magnus believes him more of an intergalactic threat more than a hero. To the point where if he ever appeared on Cybertron...instant arrest," Silverbolt explained.
"Aw great...the leader of an entire planet is like Will Harangue," Makoto rolled her eyes.
"I do not know who this Will Harangue is...but he sounds rather unpleasant to be around," Silverbolt admitted.
"Oh like you wouldn't believe," Makoto scowled.
"He really is…" Noel added.
"Given what I've seen...yeah. Massively," Jenny chimed in.
"Let's not focus on that…." Tsubaki sighed, 'Though it is concerning...If this Sentinel Magnus ever sees Ben, who knows what could happen.'
"Bingo! I see the place!" Makoto spoke up pointing ahead, "That must be where the Autobots live...or lived according to the Captain."
"I hope they're still there," Noel whispered.
"Let's check then." Tsubaki sighed as they touched down.
Everyone touched down on the ground as Silverbolt transformed to robot mode. They slowly walked up to the base of the Autobots as Silverbolt walked forward hoping he'd get their attention as he made it so his Autobot insignia was clear to see via any security cameras. After a few minutes...nothing seemed to happen. Silverbolt coughed into his hand as he leaned forward to make his insignia more clear. After a few more moments...he just jumped up and climbed the wall to what he assumed was a camera to get its attention more clearly.
"Ahahaha...I love him…" Makoto laughed as the others shook their heads.
"Why can't we have a male friend who's normal?" Tsubaki sighed.
"Uhm...do Cybertronians have gender...so far they all seem...male." Noel pointed out.
"Even the Cluster had a 50/50 split." Jenny added.
"Oh we...we have females...but...they are just a 1 in 12…" Silverbolt grunted.
"Wait so out of 13 Cybertronians...only one will be a female?" Makoto asked.
"Yes…!" he grunted, trying to open the door by force now, "It's...quite...complicated...its said all female Cybertronians are descendants of Solus Prime...one of the Legendary Autobots of olden days!"
"So then how do you guys…?" Makoto began before Tsubaki elbowed her in the ribs, "Owie…"
"No...none of that," Tsubaki frowned.
"I-if you're wondering how Cybertronaisn are born...well we are technically built!" Silverbolt grunted, "Be it piece by piece and brought to life by Artifacts of Cybertronian power...or by Protoforms...think of them newborn Cybertronians who have yet to grow and develop minds." he spoke backing up and rushing the door, only to face plant into it, "This ...this is a sturdy door...ah…"
"Oh for…" Tsubaki facepalmed, "Jenny, take Makoto and see if you two can find an opening to look into."
"On it," Jenny saluted, grabbing Makoto before taking off into the air.
"Oh there's one...in the hole made by the giant tree bursting through the roof!" Makoto spoke up loudly, seeing a giant tree coming from a large hole in the building's roof.
"Slag…" Silverbolt grumbled.
"Is...is that a curse word?" Noel whispered.
"Sounded like one to me!" Makoto shouted in response, "..hey Jen, drop me near the hole. I'm gonna sneak inside and check for anything out of the ordinary."
"It's a good thing Ben's not here...I don't think any of us have the patience for the squirrel jokes he'd make." Jenny spoke as she carefully placed Makoto near the hole.
"If he did, Tsubaki would be on him instantly with her fan," Makoto shrugged before hopping onto a nearby branch that grew out of the side of the tree, "Wish me luck."
"Try not to offend anyone!" Tsubaki spoke up.
"Oh come on how could I...uh...nevermind." Makoto spoke, jumping into a room and blinking, "Wow...talk about homey…" she blinked seeing the room she landed in, "I think this was someone's room!"
"Are you sure?" Jenny asked.
"Uh...trust me…" Makoto muttered, landing in a large room that had a very Japanese influence.
The wood floor almost looked like a Tatami mat floor, there where potted bonsai trees which had grown a little to big. A wall of katana's maybe a bit too big for a human to properly use.
"This is a nice room." Makoto whispered as she walked out into the hall, "Guys, I think they aren't home. It sounds eerily silent...it's actually kinda spooky...and…" she panicked as some tires fell over, "And I'm just gonna open the door!" she ran off down the halls, she then paused finding a room with furniture scaled to human size, including a bed with pink sheets set inside a giant monster truck tire, and a giant flat screen TV on the other side of the room, "Oh...now this is a room!" she awed at the giant TV, "The kid who had this room was lucky…then again, any kid would be lucky to have this room!"
=Makoto= Tsubaki spoke from her badge.
"It's a giant TV...it's like...20 feet high!" Makoto gawked, "I'm not much of a pink person, but heck I'd live with it if I could get a room like this!"
=Uhm...spooky abandoned building?= Noel reminded.
"Oh right...my love of awesome things overpowered irrational fear." Makoto muttered, "...Welp, time to get back to searching."
=Good…= Tsubaki sighed
"Lets see...Medical bay...a...uhm...a second medical bay…." Makoto looked as she kept walking down the halls, "A living room...the actual factory part…" she rambled going from room to room, "Lets see...oh Prime's room…" she read a sign, "Hey. Isn't Prime their leader's name?"
=It's actually a rank. Not a name= Silverbolt corrected =It's the highest rank one can achieve just short of the Magnus which is the Supreme Commander of all Autobots=
"Ooh the boss's room!" Makoto cheered opening the door, "Wow...that...is a big ax...is that a severed wing from a plane...wow he has a lot of trailer attachments."
=Are you honestly snooping through the room of a giant robot war hero?= Tsubaki asked.
"Hey. It could give us some idea where the big bot and his team is," Makoto countered as she looked around, "I mean, he could've left some sort of note or something."
=Did you think to check the living room? I left a note for Ben and Rook if they come home early in our living room= Noel spoke.
"Oh come on...they are super Robots! They must have some kind of...internal email ability." Makoto argued.
=I assure you...we do not= Silverbolt replied.
"Wait seriously?" Makoto blinked at that, "...Know what? Nevermind...questions for later. I might as well check the living room."
She walked back to the living room before jumping up onto their table and blinking, finding a large disk like device. It was glowing...almost as if it had a message on it. She muttered to herself, unsure how to turn it on. Rather then figure it out, she picked up the device and ran down the hall. Outside everyone blinked as the main shutter entrance opened as a panting Makoto held the device up.
"C…Cy…Cybertronian voice mail!" she shouted, holding it up to Silverbolt.
"...a...are you okay, Makoto?" Noel asked.
"Yup! Just..whoo! Peachy, Noellie!" Makoto assured in her panting.
"...You look like you're about to fall down," jenny noted.
"I haven't eaten since we left Rushmore! Sue me!" Makoto barked.
"Is her super strength tied to her...gastronomy?" Silverbolt asked.
"What you say about me?" Makoto complained.
"Asking if your hunger affects your strength." Tsubaki explained, "Your hungry...your weaker." she pointed out why he assumed this.
"Well I mean...not all of us suddenly get new bodies that consume less energy…" Makoto pouted.
"Fair point, now lets see what this holo-message is." Silverbolt spoke, turning it on and putting it down as a full body hologram of an Autobot formed.
He was much taller than Silverbolt, with a mostly red upper body with his chest resembling the face of a truck with a golden T shaped crest between the windshields. His Autobot symbol on his right shoulder surrounded by fire markings. His forearms and legs where blue with fire markings on his legs. His head was blue with a silver face mask around his face covering all his facial features. He also had a large hammer strapped to his back.
=This is the leader of the Earth based Autobots Optimus Prime. If you're seeing this, then you are an Autobot who was identified and accepted by our bases security system= he began as Silverbolt let his head droop, =We have been forced to move and begin building a new base on an island in the center of Lake Erie, it is called North Sister Island. We have moved away from the human population to better keep them out of harm's way. We are currently searching for escaped Decepticons prisoners who have landed on Earth. If you are an Autobot looking for refuge, you are free to join my team. Know that we are guests on this planet, you can not do as you wish, we have rules here. All I ask is that you respect and follow them to keep the peace=
"Wait...so...they were never here to begin with…" Makoto muttered before sighing, "Dang it...on the bright side. Did get to see a pretty awesome room."
"Makoto, focus," Tsubaki stated as she looked at the hologram, "We at least know where they are now…" she took out her badge and turned it on, "Kajun, I need coordinates to North sister Island."
=Oh there is an automated ship which goes to and from there. No one takes it most days, they think the island is filled with monsters...more accurately dinosaurs...but some say they have spotted the Aubotos there recently, so we can take the next ship=
"Thank you."
"Cool...wait. Did she say dinosaurs…?" Makoto blinked, 'Khyber sad he got that one sword from a Cybertronian near one of the great lake cities…..ooh...did he…?'
"Everything okay, Makoto?" Jenny asked, noticing the look on Makoto's face.
"Grimlock!" she shouted, spooking her friends, "This is where Khyber got the sword that unlocked Grimlock for Ben!"
"Really?"
"Yes really! Which can mean only one thing!" Makoto snapped.
"...that Khyber must have…" Tsubaki paused as a feeling of dread began to grow, "...We need to hurry to North sister island."
"AGREED!"
"Khyber?" Silverbolt blinked as the girls ran off, "H-hey wait! Who is this Khyber you mentioned?!"
"The wait for this boat is killer." Makoto spoke as they gathered back at the docs, "How much longer do we got anyway?"
"Ano…" Noel whispered as she looked at a nearby clock, "...Oh dear...I think we've been here for an hour now."
"AN HOUR?!"
"I suppose this does somewhat ruin the sense of urgency we had on the way here." Tsubaki spoke, "Still though...we need to figure out how to get to North Sister Island."
"...We could take our ship," Makoto offered, "Or better yet, have Silverbolt fly us over."
"Do you know how big Lake Erie is?" Tsubaki countered, "Even if we could, it most likely take us half the day if we take our ship...probably more if we rode Silverbolt there."
"...Nertz," Makoto muttered.
"This is a difficult task indeed." Silverbolt sighed.
"We may as well wait for the boat and hop aboard." Makoto sighed, "Then in that case I'm going to get food for the trip! Ah-ah!" she stopped Noel, "Just me...I pick the food…" she insisted.
"Mou…" Noel pouted as Makoto ran off.
"Don't go overboard!" Tsubaki called out to her.
"I will and you'll accept it!" she shouted running off already.
"...Jenny, go with her and make sure she doesn't blow all our money."
"Right." Jenny nodded flying after her.
"Ah…" Tsubaki sighed.
"I'm sure we'll make it to Optimus in time." Silverbolt replied.
"I sure hope so." Tsubaki sighed.
=Come in Earth Plumber base! Come in!= a radio went off as the sounds of explosions could be heard.
=Well well...now who do we have here?= Overlord's voice was heard, =Look at all these little organic critters running around on this moon base, it's almost cute= what followed was a loud explosion and cries of pain.
Decepticons ran around the moon outpost as they began overtaking it. They blasted down the communication towers first before spreading out and hunting down any and all personal. Overlord himself literally marched through the base, destroying anything in his path.
"Boss...stop playing with them," Sixshot spoke while blasting a Plumber ship before it could take off, making it explode and crash into another ship.
"Aw...come on now, Sixshot. Where's the fun in just ending them in an attosecond? It's more fun to watch 'em...squirm," Overlord laughed.
A portion of his abdomen opened to reveal six barrels which fired a barrage of energy blasts, causing another portion of the base to explode. He looked down as one of the Plumbers tried to crawl around him. Overlord smirked as he lifted his giant foot up...and slammed it down.
"You, begin hacking their computer system," Sixshot ordered to a Decepticon grunt who nodded and ran off, "Begin uploading new Alternate forms. Bring us anything that can fly or cause damage."
"Yes sir!" he replied as metal cables extended from his hand and into a computer, "Accessing Military vehicle database."
"Alright! Line up, you scrap heaps. Time for new forms," Sixshot ordered as the Decepticons lined up.
"I'll give these Earthlings one thing...they make nice killing machines," Overlord smiled as the Decepticon grunt's visor glowed, releasing a light that showed an array of different vehicles, "Okay boys! Take yer pick!"
The Decepticons began scanning as they changed into military jet planes, tanks, weaponized military APC's, and a whole host of other vehicles. Overlord smirked as he looked up at a Tank and a Jet. He laughed as he scanned both at once. His body flashed as it split apart. His upper torso transformed into a stealth jet while the lower half of his body transformed into a tank. Sixshot let out a white scanning beam which scanned an Offroad APC, a Tank, a submarine, and a Jet. He jumped, transforming into a large Offroad car which drove around the surface of the moon before flipping over and changing into a jet.
"Heh heh...Alrighty, boys!" Overlord began as he stepped out onto the moon, looking up at Earth, "Let's go hunt us some Autobots! Just remember, Prime is mine."
"...You sure you'll be able to eat all that, Makoto?" Jenny asked the squirrel girl...who had a really large tray of food in her hands while using her tail to carry a few bags of food.
"Oh believe me...I could eat more. But I just need enough to keep my stomach from revolting against me...and eating me!" Makoto argued as she handed the other snacks to Tsubaki and Noel, "Now those with weak constitutions...turn away." she warned.
The rest of the girls turned to Silverbolt. He whined as he walked off to another section of the boat in his beast mode.
"...It's not that bad is it?" Jenny asked the two just as Makoto sat down, " I mean...I've seen her eat a bit, b-"
"3….2….1…." Tsubaki counted down.
"ITADAKIMASU~!" Makoto beamed before chowing down on her food.
"Oh…" Jenny realized.
"Why does it sound scary!?" Silverbolt asked in concern.
"J-just don't look!" Noel exclaimed.
"Okay...I'm gonna need to purge this from my memory banks later," Jenny cringed as she removed her optics and put them into a panel that slid out of her chest so she wouldn't see it any further.
"Ahh...all done," Makoto sighed in bliss, patting her stomach as her tray was completely empty, "Fully energized and ready to kick butt!"
"We will not be kicking butt...because I'm pretty sure the people we are going to meet are far too tall for you to be able to do so," Tsubaki pointed out.
"Uhm...what is a butt?" Silverbolt asked as Cybertronians did not use the same anatomical terms as organics.
"Afterburner," Kajun informed, a tablet in hand that she was looking at as she sat nearby.
"Then why didn't she just say it?" he muttered, still not grasping the grammatical differences between his race and theirs.
"...Weren't you…" Noel began.
"I left to get something to drink…" Mai explained with a sigh as she walked over, a bottle of water in hand.
"Of course," Tsubaki sighed, "Kajun, what are you reading?"
"The Plumbers guide to Transformer terminology," Kajun explained, "An interesting read really."
"She's been looking at stuff relating to Cybertronians for a while now…" Mai stated, "Seriously, she used every computer on the ship to look up any and all info…"
"It's enough," Kajun added, "But not all!"
"You can write your own manifesto of Cybertronian knowledge after we've dealt with the situation at hand," Tsubaki sighed.
"Speaking of...what should we expect from this Overlord guy?" Makoto asked Silverbolt.
"Overlord is what's known as a 'Phase Sixer': Decepticons so powerful they are only used for the final stages of their six part invasion strategy," Silverbolt spoke, "There are only three of them: Overlord, Sixshot, and Black Shadow. Each of them are variable one bot Armies and are the ones Megatron kept the closest eye on."
"So...ha-have they been beaten before?" Makoto asked as she shivered a little.
"So far...only Ultra Magnus has ever scared them off, being the only one to damage Sixshot to date. We only know of Overlord and Sixshot still being alive...Black Shadow...just kinda vanished after he turned traitor. Weirdest thing...he was found torn apart...literally," Silverbolt shrugged.
"Ahahaha...this is sounding more and more scary by the moment." Makoto muttered, chuckling to try and hide the growing sense of fear from how well...scary the Decepticons sounded.
"I can tell…" Mai deadpanned as she poked Makoto's hands clamping onto her bosom.
"So it would be bad for Overlord to appear here," Tsubaki summed up, "I'm afraid to ask but...what is Phase six?"
"Total planetary annihilation," Silverbolt spoke simply.
"Guh! Okay, Makoto...we need to get you some sort of comfort device from now on!" Mai grunted as she deployed her spear to poke Makoto's hands, making her let go and let her move behind Noel to not be squeezed again.
"And one of them is coming here!?" Makoto snapped.
"Well...maybe...two…" Silverbolt muttered, scratching the back of his head, "Reports claim Overlord and Sixshot...have been working together since Megatron was arrested."
"...And they, of course, chose the one time the one person on Earth with the power to turn into different aliens with just a simple press of a button would be far away from the planet," Tsubaki groaned, "Of course…"
"Cosmic coincidences…" Silverbolt sighed, "And sadly, the few Autobots of the same calibur are rather, how would you say...loners."
"So what? They refused to come just to spite...Oh they did, didn't they? They refused that Sentinal jerk's orders 'cause they don't respect him…." Makoto sighed.
"More along the lines he insulted them in a fit of anger when they initially refused," Silverbolt replied.
"Of course he did…" Tsubaki sighed pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Ironically, I'd imagine if he told them who they wanted them to fight they might have agreed...but...well…"
"He stinks at his new job!" Makoto declared, earning a nod from Silverbolt.
"I think I see the boat," Jenny noted, her eyes extended like binoculars.
"Finally…" everyone sighed.
"Here's to hoping that they're alright there," Noel noted.
"Oh come on...they are super smart alien robots...what could be dangerous for them out there?" Makoto argued, "Silverbolt alone is the scariest beast on Earth that isn't alien in origin."
"But I am...oh never mind. I got that," he nodded to himself.
"Khyber," Tsubaki stated.
"Oh right…" Makoto cringed, "He was here before and took that 'trophy' of his."
"Well I'm sure he can't beat a whole team of confident and well put together team of Autobots," Mai spoke.
"Yes. Optimus's team were heroes who rose from a rag tag group of losers to the greatest Autobot team in history!" Silverbolt cheered.
"Wait...what was that first part?" the girls blinked.
"AH! Ratchet! Ratchet!" a short Autobot with yellow and black armor with his helmet sporting two little horns atop his head shouted as he ran around in panic. Why was he in panic? ...Well...a bear cub was clinging to his leg and he had no idea what to do.
"Oh great...you found another attempt at a pet?" an older-looking, taller Autobot sporting a neon green, pale black, and orange color scheme with a helmet sporting a broken horn on the forehead, part of the metal on his stomach area extended out, and stubble on his chin sighed, not looking up from working on something.
"What no! He's not a pet! He crawled in through the hatch! Again!" the shorter bot complained, "He's scratching up my paint job!"
"Didn't I tell you to invert your colors so it wouldn't mistake you for that yellow adhesive organics like to eat, Bumblebee?" Ratchet deadpanned.
"Well yeah...but then I thought that an all black paint job would make me look like some edgy protoform fresh from the academy…and the Bumblebee don't do cliches!" he argued as the cub growled, "AH!"
"Just...take it outside the ship before it marks its territory," Ratchet sighed.
"Wait...how does it do that?" Bumblebee asked before he heard the sound of liquid hitting the floor, "AH! It's leaking!"
"It's solar cycles like these that make me question why we didn't wait until after we built the base to move here," Ratchet sighed.
"Can someone help get me down from here?!" a voice outside shouted in a panic, "Hurry please! The Energon's going to my processor!"
"Oh right...Our latest recruit nearly blew up the base his first night," Ratchet sighed as he looked outside to see a strong-looking Autobot in orange and silver with blasters on his arms and a car's windshield before his rugged face...hanging upside down on a large tree by several vines.
"Oh come on, Ironhide…" Bumblebee complained, finally shooing the bear away, "Who's turn is it to cut the bigbot down?"
"I say let him hang for another solar cycle...let the Energon go where he most needs it," Ratchet pointed to his head for emphasis.
"Oh hahaha...You tried that with me, remember?"
"Yes...Clearly results may vary," Ratchet replied.
"Ugh…" Bumblebee sighed before walking out, "I'm coming. Hold your tailpipe…" he sighed, transforming his arms into stinger-like weapons, "Just...armor up so I don't sting you again!"
"Right!" Ironhide replied as his body glowed before turning gunmetal grey.
"Ugh…" Ratchet sighed as the sound of zapping and a Cybertronian falling and hitting the ground followed.
"...I'm okay!"
"Okay, how did you get up there this time?"
"Well, I was reading up on trap setting on what life on this planet calls the 'Internet.' I found one that looks interesting and set it up, but when I was putting the bait…" he motioned to a piece of metal roughly pounded into the shape of a steak, "I got caught in my own trap."
"You know it's a good thing you're ruggedly charming," Bumblebee sighed, "Well I mean this could work if we had organic food." he pointed out.
"What do organics eat?" Ironhide asked.
"Uh...Sari ate a lot of food with high sugar content...It's like Energon for Earthlings in that if you take in too much, you're left hyper charged...and then crash." Bumblebee explained, "But...uh we don't have any of that stuff. I mean unless these weird things the trees keep dropping on our heads count as foot." he spoke while holding up a chestnut.
"Hmm...couldn't hurt to try," Ironhide smiled, taking some and putting them on a second trap, "Betcha I catch some Earth monster!"
"Last time we thought we had an Earth monster, it turned out to be a mutated strain of space barnacles," Bumblebee recalled.
"Oh come on! You guys talked about this place having all sorts of weird creatures," Ironhide countered, "Who's to say we don't catch one of those freaky Earthlings who keep bugging us?"
"You make a point…" Bumblebee spoke, "Plus, it'd be hilarious if it was Professor Princess stuck in it."
"That one struck me as...weird."
"You and me both, big guy," Bumblebee replied with a nod, "You and me both...least it wasn't Angry Archer or..."
"Finally we're here!" a voice exclaimed.
"Was that a human?" Ironhide blinked.
"They must be looking for us," Bumblebee noted, "We really gotta get Mr. Sumdac to speed up that boat."
"Okay..now t-Makoto get back here!"
"Nope! So many trees, and I'm looking to burn some energy!"
"Wait...what about the…" Bumblebee began as a snapping of vines was heard followed by a cry of shock.
"Kya!"
"Oh...it worked!" Ironhide cheered.
"Do not worry! I w-WOAH!"
"...ugh. It's like Ben never left…."
"Okay, Ironhide did it!" Bumblebee panicked, "Don't get Optimus!"
"Let's see what we caught," Ironhide smiled as they walked over to see Makoto dangling upside down, "Hey, we caught one of those earth villians with a weird gimmick!"
"No! I mean, did we?" Bumblebee asked confused, "These are some odd girls…"
"Rude!" Makoto complained, "I am not a 'villain with a weird gimmick'! I'm a good guy!"
"Then why dress like an Earth animal?" Ironhide argued.
"Dress like…" Makoto began before hhr eyes twitched, "...My ears and tail are real."
"Really? ...Earthlings are weird…" Ironhide whispered to Bumblebee, "They have mutants…"
"Excuse him...he's new to Earth," Bumblebee spoke, shoving his face away, "Here just...let me get you down." he spoke as he went to the tree and began ripping the vines used for the trap, "But...he's not wrong that this is a new one for us...or have you always been around and we've just never seen you? 'Cause I swear Sari never told us everything...she never did explain what anime was…"
"...Grr..." Makoto's eyes began to twitch violently, "I...am not...a mutant…"
"You're not?" they asked.
"NO!" Makoto snapped, knocking the two over from the force of her exclamation, "I am a Beastkin; half human and half animal! I was not made in a lab or anything! I did not get these in an accident! I didn't get bitten by a radioactive squirrel! I was BORN WITH THESE, YOU BAKAS!"
"And that sounds like someone mistook her for wearing a cosplay again," Tsubaki's voice noted.
"Oh dear...I hope she didn't try attacking them…" Noel's voice added in worry.
"Can someone please help me down?" Silverbolt's voice asked.
"How did you get stuck like that!?" the girls gawked.
"Okay... Ironhide, you go help them…" Bumblebee sighed as he zapped some vines, letting Makoto land on the ground, "I'll clear things up with her."
"Huh...That sounded like Silverbolt Major," Ironhide noted, "Got it, Bumblebee."
"So...sorry," Bumblebee chuckled, "But to be fair...in our optics, all humans are a little freaky."
"...Choose your next words very carefully…" Makoto frowned.
"MAKOTO NO!" Mai freaked as she ran over and grabbed the squirrel girl.
"Yeesh! Are all human girls like this?" Bumblebee sighed.
"What's that mean!?" Makoto growled.
"Uh, new girl? Back up for a sec." Bumblebee said as Mai did so, he then transformed his arm and tapped Makoto with his weapon arm, a zap going through her and making her fall over, "Calm now?"
"...I think you knocked her out…" Mai noted, lightly poking Makoto a bit, yelping when she gave off an electrified flinch.
"I mean...is it any worse then her being awake and super sensitive?" Bumblebee asked as he then got down on his knees, "Please...just don't tell the Boss Bot I did this! Please, nice girl! I'm on my servo joints here...please?" he clasped his hands together, "I've screwed up so many times that I'm a solar cycle away from getting what you humans call...grounded...which I can only assume means that he's gonna bury me underground!"
"I-it's fine! Just...my friend Makoto is pretty sensitive around certain...words," Mai explained
"More like she's an attack Squirrel with a lot of trigger words…" Bumblebee muttered.
"That...is very apt yes," Mai nodded sadly.
"I...dake avvense tho dat…" Makoto slurred a bit.
"Sh-should I zap her again?" Bumblebee asked Mai, who honestly gave it some thought.
"AH! Monster!" Ironhide shouted, "Yes! My traps worked!"
"W-wait stop! He's a Cybertronian!" Tsubaki quickly clarified.
"H-hai! Don't hurt him!" Noel added.
"Aw...that's a disappointment...I wanted to capture a mighty Earth beast...but...uh...what in the name of Primus happened to him? He's all...organic looking," Ironhide spoke.
"Ow! Stop poking me, Ironhide!" Silverbolt complained.
"Wait a nanoclick...Silverbolt Major? Wh...What happened?"
"Silverbolt Major? The top pilot from the Great War?" Bumblebee asked as he walked over, Mai picking up Makoto as she followed.
"Can't a bot take a few cycles to work on the circuitry for the security system around here?!" Ratchet snapped inside of the base nearby.
"Ratchet, we may need your medical expertise!" Bumblebee called.
"Oh what now? Did one of you get a rock stuck in your servos...oh, or let me guess. You both thought it would be a good idea to make a and I quote 'Energon Hot Tub' end quote," Ratchet spoke, walking out as he looked at the scene, "...I'm calling Optimus and Jazz...they are gonna wanna see this."
"No!" Bumblebee cried, falling face first, "No!"
"I am so sorry for this…" Tsubaki quickly bowed, "We're on an important mission assesting Silverbolt and..." She sighed as she motioned to the scene.
"Allow me to call Optimus," Ratchet sighed.
A red and blue fire truck drove along the path followed by a white sports car. The two transformed into Optimus Prime and a white armored Autobot with a blue visor over his eyes and headphones-like items on his head with a beanie-like helmet. The two walked up to the base only to pause as they heard what sounded like chaotic arguing. Optimus sighed as he opened the door to see the scene.
"Get her off!" Bumblebee cried as Makoto was clinging to his back and hitting his head repeatedly, "She keeps punching the back of my head!"
"Makoto, get off him!" Tsubaki ordered.
"No! He needs karma for those mutant and freak comments!" Makoto snapped.
"I place Energon on the funny looking human!" Ironhide laughed.
"Stop touching that...not that either...just...Stop touching my medical tools!" Ratchet snapped, "I need to examine what happened to this idiot."
"I take offense to that," Silverbolt spoke, in robot mode and strapped to a table, "Wait...that...that looks sharp...Doc...Doc!?"
"Amazing. It's almost exactly like Black Arac-I said stop!" Ratchet turned to Kajun, "I'll explain when I'm done with the freak of nature."
"Well, now my feelings are just hurt!"
"Boss bot…" the white Autobot sighed.
Optimus grabbed the hammer on his back and slammed the bottom of the staff as the sound of a thunderclap made everyone freeze in place. His face mask slid open, revealing his mostly blue face as he gave a very annoyed sigh, "Guys...we were on the mainland for one...just one Solar Cycle. What in the name of the Thirteen happened while we were away!? And who are these humans!? And speaking of...you. Human with the tail. Get off my scout this instant!" he ordered as Makoto jumped off and stood at attention, "Bumblebee, apologize for whatever it is you did. Ironhide, stop instigating. Human who keeps touching things, stop it now and forever. Ratchet, what...or rather who is that? And you human girl with red hair who's clearly in charge...explain before I blow a gasket…"
"...Oh he's good…" Jenny whispered.
"He's real savvy on dealing with the craziness that happens on this hip planet," the white bot noted before looking closer at Jenny, "Huh. Jazz. New bot made by Professor Sumdac?"
"Jenny Wakeman and no. Hard to explain, but technically I'm from the past and was made by my mother, Nora Wakeman," Jenny answered.
"Which I call nonsense on as she's so advanced, she may as well be a Techno-organic life form!" Ratchet spoke, "No human could make something so advanced or amazing!"
"Wait. You're Jenny Wakeman?" Jazz asked, "Groovy. The head chick in charge of Cluster Prime has a day named for ya for helping them oust a jive warlord."
"Vega named a day after me?" Jenny blinked at that.
"You should check it out one day. That is a groovy party!" Jazz smiled, "Them Cluster Prime 'bots sure know how to throw down."
"I found the story of a bot from Earth as advanced as them hard to believe...but yet here you are," Optimus spoke, "Bumblebee, I'm not hearing a sorry…" he turned to Bumblebee.
"...Sorry for those comments earlier…" Bumblebee said as he looked at Makoto.
"It's fine...Just don't let it happen again," Makoto stated in a serious tone, "Plus if you had said something worse...I would've knocked you towards a moon-sized meteor."
"She'll do it too," Kajun added, "All while leaving an imprint of her fist on it before it explodes."
"...noted," Bumblebee meeped as he scooted away from Makoto.
"But don't worry. Doing that hurts her just as much since her body's not ready for the recoil," Tsubaki assured.
"Alright, alright. Let's not get out of hand here," Optimus sighed, "Bumblebee's mouth moves faster then his processor. But I can imagine he freaked out over you...not looking like any human we've met before. I'll ask about that later, but you girls are armed so I can only guess...Military...but far too young and your armor is alien in origin. So Plumber rookies?"
"Correct," Tsubaki nodded as she stepped forward, "I am Tsubaki Yayoi, current field leader while the person in charge of our team, Ben Tennyson, is away."
"No way. You cats work with Ben Tennyson? The little hero dude of Earth?" Jazz asked with a smile, "Now that's tight."
"Well then, I guess this is important for you if you take the time to come and find us," Optimus spoke walking over to a monitor, "But...why didn't you just call?" he motioned, revealing it had a line of communication to the Plumber base.
"WHAT?! Oh come on!" Makoto snapped, "Did no one just know!?"
"To be fair...you Earthlings forget things rather easily," Ratchet replied, turning to Makoto.
"...He kinda has us there," Mai admitted.
"Ahem!" Tsubaki cleared her throat, "Moving on. Silverbolt, didn't you say you had an important message for Optimus?"
"MMM!" Silverbolt panicked as Ratchet held a laser scalpel to his torso.
"What? ...I need to see if I can fix him," Ratchet replied, stopping as he undid the muzzle mask that was covering his face.
"Gah! Oh thank Primus…" Silverbolt sighed in relief.
"Silverbolt Major...how did you...?" Optimus asked, walking over to him, "You...you're part organic?"
"Groovy…" Jazz whistled.
"Yes...and to be honest, I prefer this mode more," Silverbolt admitted, grinning a bit as he moved his head to his wings, "...Even though I can't go back to Cybertron due to Sentinel Magnus' anti-organic policy."
"Of course he'd do that…" Optimus sighed.
"Alright fine...but first let me get rid of the horrendous wings." Ratchet spoke as his hand morphed into a buzzsaw.
"GAH! NOT THE WINGS!" Silverbolt freaked.
"Autobots don't fly!" he snapped.
"Wait, they don't?" Makoto asked.
"What can I say...we like being close to the ground," Jazz smiled.
"Oh...still he does look pretty cool," Makoto admitted, "I mean, he's a Eagle/Wolf fusion...that's a pretty maximum level cool robot right there...oh! Maximal!"
"Maximal?" Silverbolt blinked.
"Yeah! Instead of being vehicles like the Autobots, Maximals are mostly animals like gorillas, tigers, cheetahs, and eagles!" Makoto explained before gasping, "Oh! You can even say 'MAXIMIZE!' to transform from your Beast Mode!"
"Makoto that's…" Kajun began before blinking, "...Notepad. SOMEONE BRING ME A NOTEPAD!"
"...May need to do the hammer again, Optimus Prime, sir," Jenny suggested.
"Please do," Noel added, seeing the look of science in Kajun's eyes.
Optimus nodded before tapping the bottom part of his staff again, causing Kajun to stop upon hearing the thunderclap sound again, "Now then...what's this important message you have for us, Silverbolt?"
"Hmm? Oh yes...it's pretty bad news if I may add, Optimus sir," Silverbolt explained as he looked over, "An incredibly dangerous Decepticon is heading here to Earth."
"What?! Megatron got out?!" Bumblebee freaked.
"No," Silverbolt replied, earning a sigh of relief from the yellow 'bot, "Overlord."
"Overlord?! Overlord?! ...Who's Overlord?" Bumblebee asked while the other four had their optics widened considerably or stumble back in shock.
"Oh, right. You and Bulkhead were thrown out of the academy by Sentinel Magnus when he was still a Minor," Ironhide managed to shake it off first, "Basically...think Megatron, but uh...well...really really more ruthless and does slow and painful methods for slagging others."
"A sadistic monster who offlined more 'bots than anyone in Cybertronian history, be they Autobot or Decepticon. All he cares for are destruction and chaos," Ratchet added, "If you thought Megatron was bad...then you've seen nothing."
"Overlord is on Cybertron's most wanted list, right after Megatron himself and just before Cyclonus," Jazz added, "Elite Guard has been hunting him down for millions of stellar cycles."
"His body is heavily modified, his armor is made of the strongest stuff, and he has limitless energy," Ironhide added, "It's said one of the few people to ever scare him off was Ultra Magnus himself with the hammer Boss Bot has now."
"The hammer is powerful...but it's just a tool," Optimus spoke, "If Overlord is on his way here...he wants me. I beat and arrested Megatron, so I'm his target. If that's true...Ratchet...it's time we finish the changes to that little project we borrowed from Sentinel." he smirked proudly.
"Some parts are too small for me to accurately connect without fully opening it, but that would only delay the completion," Ratchet noted before looking down at Kajun, "...Oh I feel it down to my Spark that I'm going to regret this at one point in the future, but…" he muttered before speaking to her, "Considering you seem to be the one in charge of tech maintenance of your group and I need assistance to do some quick modifications to something to help Optimus for when Overlord shows up…I need your assistance with internal modifications."
"Anyone with sharp hearing, turn it off or cover your ears!" Makoto yelped, quickly covering her ears.
"Huh? Wh-" Silverbolt began before Kajun let out a loud excited squeal of joy, "Gah!"
"Crazy…" Jazz muttered, his headphones protecting him.
"Very…" Optimus flinched.
"Oh Blukic and Driba are gonna be jealous…." Kajun whispered, hopping a bit in place like a kid in a candy shop before calming down, "Very well. Just show me what I need to do."
"...uh, what's a Blukick and Driba?" Bumblebee asked.
"Galvans that work at the Plumber's base we work at," Makoto explained.
"You have Galvans?" Optimus asked, "They could be a big help...wait...are they...normal Galvans or...you know…" he pointed with his eyes to Bumblebee as if to use him as an example of general IQ levels.
"..." Mai just sighed and nodded.
"Welp...Talk about a real zonk to the head…" Jazz sighed.
"Ah! There are two of them!" Makoto pointed at Jazz and Jenny.
"This is gonna be a long day…" Optimus sighed, "Permission to...take command of your team?" he asked Tsubaki.
"If I can assist in anyway, of course sir," Tsubaki nodded.
"Autobots! Plumbers! Fall in!" Optimus shouted, slamming the hammer again, "Ratchet, you and Kajun get to work. Jenny, see if you can help in any way, you might be able to offer muscle to small repairs neither of them can do."
"Right!"
"Bumblebee, Ironhide, Makoto, and Mai, you will check the weapons and weapons systems. If worse comes to worse, we'll need to wake up Omega Supreme from his nap," Optimus continued, "And for the love of Primus, don't fight or so help me...I'll do the finishing hit. Are we clear?"
"Yes sir/Y-yes!" The others saluted.
"Silverbolt, Jazz, Tsubaki, Noel, with me," Optimus ordered, "We're going to strategize and try and call Cybertron for some back up. If Overlord brings a Decepticon armada, not even the Plumbers will have the tools to hold them back for long."
"Understood, sir. But first…" Silverbolt informed before inhaling and shouting, "GET ME OUT OF THIS VIVISECTION!"
'I really hope this isn't a sign of how things will happen in the fight ahead…' Tsubaki and Optimus thought.
"You're right. This could serve as a good point to bottleneck their troops," Optimus nodded, pointing to a map with Jazz.
"It's not by a lot, but it'll help. If we set up Omega Supreme here, we'll be able to take them down fast," Jazz added, "But Overlord is gonna be chasing you around like crazy. You good to handle him Optimus?"
"...Honestly? I don't know. He's considered worse than Megatron and I barely took him down alone. Even then, it was due to interference run by Starscream controlling one of the Lugnut Supremes and Prowl's spirit that helped me get the winning blow. If the secret weapon isn't ready...we're going to have to rely on Omega Supreme's fire power a lot," Optimus sighed, "And if Sixshot really is with him…"
"Hey now, chill Boss Bot. You focus on one Decepticon psycho. You let us handle Sixshot. I've been meaning to see if he's all they say he is. A Decepticon Ninja...oh this I gots to see," Jazz smirked.
"What concerns me is what alternate forms they'll take on to disguise on this planet," Silverbolt noted, "For all we know, their troops might blend in as law enforcement vehicles or something with far greater firepower like tanks or stealth bombers."
"Knowing the Cons, that's most likely their game plan," Optimus sighed, "Tsubaki, Noel, ask Magister Tennyson to begin a search for Military vehicles flying or moving too close to populated areas. If a Military convoy suddenly tears through town...it's them."
"Of course," Tsubaki replied as Noel began to contact him, "If we're lucky, the Plumbers might already know they've entered the Plumber's planetary defense system."
"Knowing Overlord, he probably got a lot of no name bots and rookies to be distractions. He wants me out on the frontlines ready to fight." Optimus spoke, "If we're lucky...maybe, just maybe, I can beat him and scare off the stragglers. But that's a big maybe."
"Speaking of...just what is it that you borrowed from Sentinel Magnus?" Silverbolt asked, raising a brow.
"'Project Powermaster.' Ooh! The name alone gives me a shiver of excitement," Kajun noted, looking at the blueprints.
"It was designed as an upgrade system to make high ranking Autobot leaders stronger to better face threats. Of course, Sentinel 'Magnus' intended it to be all his…" Ratchet sighed.
"Wow...I could actually hear the air quotes," Jenny spoke.
"Fortunately for us, he 'let' us 'borrow' it for an indefinite amount of time," Ratchet chuckled as he looked over at the project on a nearby set of tables, "So we'll be tweaking it to work for Optimus instead. Unfortunately...there's a small issue. Given the time window we have, we don't have enough time for the most important part: the Powermaster itself."
"Huh?" the two looked up at him.
"You see this on the blueprints? That is actually an automaton designed to integrate with the system. It's meant to help channel, regulate, and distribute the power provided by the upgrade system so that it doesn't cause the Autobot inside to overload and offline themselves from the power this system will provide," Ratchet explained while pointing at a part of the blueprints showing a small robot-like diagram that transformed into an engine of sorts.
"Amazing...how could such a thing be made?" Kajun asked.
"Hard to say. My first guess was they'd enhance a Minicon to become this Powermaster, but that would take a small bot who can handle and channel an insane amount of energy," Ratchet sighed, "Not to mention the ability to transform and perform the Power Link."
"It looks kinda human sized," Jenny noted.
"Yes. That is the smallest a Minicon can become. Honestly, I think that Sari might be one, though with an organic form..." Ratchet muttered the second half.
"Who are you apologizing to?" Jenny asked.
"Not 'sorry;' Sari. She is the first 'human' we encountered on this planet. Though it was later revealed that she was originally a protoform that appeared in Professor Sumdac's lab one night and ended up scanning him and ended up as Sari. A while back, she upgraded herself and went from looking like an eight Stellar Cycle old into a sixteen Stellar Cycle old," Ratchet explained, "She had quite the way with machines, even managing to discover just what was going wrong with the spacebridge we were building by somehow 'hearing' it. Currently, she's on Cybertron's moon at Bulkhead's farm, being tutored by a good friend of mine on her Cybertronnian roots." he pointed at Jenny, "You act a bit like her."
"I do?" Jenny blinked.
"Easily excitable, curious about everything, more than likely more than meets the optic," Ratchet noted, "And from what the Internet and Extranet have, you joke in difficult times to keep up morale."
"That...is all highly accurate," Kajun nodded.
"Hmm...I might have an idea...but I'll have to run it by you little one. But first...we need to get this thing working. I have the utmost faith in Optimus...but Overlord...we'll need more than the power of faith and trust...I'm thinking the power of amazing technological advancement and punching," Ratchet replied, "Now...let's get to work."
"Yes, sir!" both saluted.
"So...What's an Omega Supreme?" Makoto asked Ironhide, "I've heard of a Delta Supreme from Silverbolt, so is it related to that?"
"See our ship?" Ironhide pointed at a large yellow and red ship, "All of that? ...That's our friend and fellow Autobot, Omega Supreme." he crossed his arms proudly.
"Wait...your ship is one, too?!"
"The big guy is as literally as you can get...our Big Guns!" he smirked, "He's got ion cannons all over his armor, missile launchers, laser casters, and concussive blasters."
"Whoa! That's so cool!" Makoto awed, "...Hmm...Hey, are they related to the Titans Silverbolt spoke of?"
"The Titans?" Ironhide repeated before chuckling, "Those are just a myth."
"Huh?"
"I mean Transformers the size of cities? They make for great stories for fresh protoforms, but if we had things like them on Cybertron, they should have woken up during the war," he sighed, "Besides, some legends say that there use to be Bots who could talk to these Titans called City Speakers." he waved off.
"Oh…" Makoto blinked, "Well...who knows? They could be real. I mean, I never thought aliens existed one day, and the next...me and my friends are part of an organization filled with 'em."
"Hmm...That's a fair point. We thought organics were all disgusting monsters that spit up acid that would destroy our internal systems," Ironhide spoke, "After meeting ya...you humans are...kinda harmless looking."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah. ...Um...Which one did you mean by 'seriously?'" Ironhide asked, turning gunmetal grey as a precaution.
"The former, but I assume that's thanks to that Sentinel Magnus jerk and his paranoia-filled ego."
"He was my drill sergeant in boot camp. He seemed pretty okay, but I don't know...ever since he got a chance to promote, he's been acting...paranoid," Ironhide sighed, "We all figured he was mellowing out after coming to Earth once. But to be fair, Optimus says when he came here...he literally lost his body."
"Eh?"
"I'm not joking. From what I heard, he lost his body to this one Earthling and was reduced to just a head!" he laughed, "An enemy, I think he called himself Heady Masterguy or something, took his body from him and Optimus admits he enjoyed having to beat his body up to get it back."
"Wait...so he literally lost his body!?" Makoto laughed.
"What do you think they're laughing about?" Mai pondered as she and Bumblebee were on the other side of the place, looking at several monitors.
"Eh, probably sharing embarrassing stories of others they know," Bumblebee replied before sighing, "Ya know, days like this make me wish I was just back to being a 'bot that cleans up Spacebridges. Back then, there wasn't any Decepticons as powerful as Megatron, no AllSpark being broken or needing to be protected."
"But you are a hero here on Earth. Don't you enjoy it?" Mai asked.
"Well I did at first...before learning that the entire time it was Megatron scheming to regain his power and body," he countered, "I miss the old days…before I started losing friends." he sighed, crossing his arms and leaning on the control panels to the monitor.
"Oh...sorry. I...shouldn't have asked."
"It's fine…" he groaned, "You didn't really know."
"Then why did you come back to Earth then?" Mai asked, "Why not stay with your friends back on Cybertron?"
"All my life I dreamed of making it to the Elite Guard...but then I got stuck here...where I made my real friends." Bumblebee spoke, "So when Optimus said he'd come back to Earth to protect it, I didn't hesitate to come with him. This...crazy and weird planet is just as much our home not to. So...I'm gonna take care of it...but I'm still gonna complain...I'm a complicated bot like that." he smiled.
Mai nodded with a smile, "I got it." she looked over at the communications system, "So...how did you get that anyway?"
"Funny story about that. A few days after we came back from Cybertron to turn in Megatron and the Decepticons he had with him, this guy named Max Tennyson showed up and introduced himself as the Magister in charge of Earth," Bumblebee explained, "We are actually the first Cybertronians to ever agree to being liaisons between Plumbers and Cybertronians. Even gave us registration for our vehicle modes for outside of Detroit so we wouldn't be impounded...again."
"Again?"
"I blame Bulkhead entirely for the incident," Bumblebee quickly denied.
"Your best friend who's well intending but more brawn than brains sometimes?" Mai guessed.
"Yep. ...Makoto?"
"Makoto."
"Is it just me or is the Earth cursed with attracting all kinds of insanity?" Patelliday questioned.
"Unfortunately...I have to agree," Max sighed as alarms blared while monitors displayed a view of space where a massive vessel was shooting away at a yellow energy barrier.
"That is a very high class Cybertronian attack ship, and a Decepticon one at that," Patelliday sighed, "And here I thought the Cons would stop coming here after Megatron, but just our luck two of the worst of the worst show up. Only thing worse would be is if the DJD came here after them!"
"..." Max quickly turned to a pair of Plumbers, "Extend the scanners to check if they're in the area."
"Yes sir!" they shouted, getting to work on that.
"I really hope it wasn't my fault this time. Those girls have gotten us all jumpy about these superstitions," Patelliday sighed as he went to his station to help.
"True," Max agreed as cracks appeared in the shield, "Hmm...Considering there seems to be just one ship...Patelliday, remember back in '86 on Pluto?"
"One of our weirdest assignments," Patelliday nodded, "...Why do you ask?"
"Remember how we dealt with that Uranusian Dragon-Panther?"
"Remember? I still have the head!" Patelliday replied before getting what he was suggesting, "Ah...Oh, that's a good idea. Though we'll still have to deal with..."
"I know, but which is better: dealing with all of them or half?"
"I like that math, Max!" he smirked, typing away, "With any luck, these lug heads put all their energy from their shields into their cannons!"
"On my mark...open…" Max ordered as they all tensed, "Now!"
At that, the barrier opened enough for the ship to begin passing through. Patelliday quickly typed away and slammed the enter key as the shield began closing. It trapped the ship before closing and began pinching an entire section off. After several tense moments of struggle, the shield closed up and cut the large portion of ship off. The entire section which was left outside the shield fell back as its engines began to backfire and explode.
"Yes! We got 'em!"
"Let's hope that Overlord...was...on…" Max paused, "Enhance image!" he ordered, pointing to a section of the barrier.
The image focused as it showed Overlord floating as he held a small gap in the shield open with his bare hands. He looked up as if knowing he was being watched and, with a large smile, he began pulling the hole open wider with his hands. With almost no effort, he made the hole large enough for him to pass through. Sixshot waited for him on the other side as the two turned towards Earth together. The few Decepticons still with them floated around them as the front half of the ship floated in Earth's orbit.
"..." Max and Patelliday groaned as they facepalmed.
"I'll go contact the Autobots in Detroit," Max sighed.
"Really glad they agreed to be liaisons between us and the Cybertronians," Pateliday noted.
"A Prime with a good sense of honor and learned to like Organics...it's like a miracle." Max sighed, "Still, we dwindled their numbers by a lot...I just hope it's enough."
"Everything set?" Optimus asked.
"Yes sir," Tsubaki replied with a nod.
"Ratchet, status of Project Powermaster?" Optimus asked.
"As ready as I could get it," Ratchet replied as he pulled in an armor trailer resembling the back of a fire truck before motioning to Kajun and Jenny atop it, "Wouldn't have been as far as I got without these two."
"That's great to hear," Optimus sighed, "Bumblee, Ironhide, Makoto, Mai. Status?"
"So far nothing, big guy," Makoto replied.
"...Wait…" Noel spoke, walking in as she moved up to a monitor, "What's that in the sky?"
"Hmm?" Makoto blinked at that.
"We're getting a transmission from the Plumbers," Bumblebee noted, "...Um...okay, how do I answer this again?"
"Again, 'Bee?" Jazz sighed.
"Well excuse me for having trouble remembering what button it is when they're all green and black," Bumblebee defended himself as Mai pressed the largest one in the middle, causing Max to appear on the screen, "...oh."
"Magister Tennyson," Mai greeted.
=Ah, good. Looks like you girls made it in time= Max noted =Optimus, are you there?=
"Right here," Optimus replied, walking up.
=We were able to destroy the ship they were using along with nearly the entire crew. However...Overlord showed just how tough he is by not only being in the center of that explosion but also keeping the barrier we used to break it in two open until he shattered it= Max informed =We've confirmed he has Sixshot with him and there are several other Decepticons with them that survived=
"Well dang...good news is that I get to have a go at a Decepticon Cyber-Ninja after all." Jazz smirked.
"Um...minna…?" Noel tried to speak up.
"Any ideas on where they'll be landing?" Optimus asked.
"Minna…"
=We're not sure, but most likely it'll be outside of Detroit=
"Minna…"
"Good. The less civilians that get caught in the crossfire, the b-"
"HEY!" Makoto snapped, earning everyone's attention, "Noel's found something."
"What is it?" Bumblebee asked.
"...There's something burning heading this way," Noel explained as she pointed at the monitor, pointing at a red 'star' in the sky.
"They used the remains of their ship as a landing pod…" Optimus realized.
"...And they're using the gravitational force to move towards us…" Tsubaki realized, "But..how did they find us so fast?"
"We can't be sure...but it means he's arriving soon," Optimus scowled.
"Please tell me we have backup," Makoto gulped.
"We do have some funky fresh Dinobots on the island, but the issue is that Grimlock's boogied on out and no one's seen him for a few Quartexes, so they've been off just doin' their own grooves," Jazz explained.
"..."
"...Something up? Wait...you know where Grimlock is?!" Bumblebee asked.
"Yes...and no," Makoto replied.
"I've only heard of it from the girls here on the way, but this 'Grimlock' you speak of...was offlined," Silverbolt informed, "A huntsman known as Khyber was the one who performed the deed and took his sword as a trophy."
"Yeah. No idea where his old body is, but, well...the 'yes' is that when we, minus Jenny, Mai, and Kajun here, got caught by Khyber once, Ben's Omnitrix got scratched and ended up copying his CNA on it," Makoto explained as Kajun held up her badge and displayed Ben's Grimlock form, tearing through a Dimension 12 robot with his sword.
"Whoa! He looks like he got Reformatted!" Bumblebee gawked before it fully caught up to him, "...So we're dealing with two Decepticons known to destroy entire planets...it's just us...our best Dinobot that'd be a great equalizer is offlined...and his 'successor' is off-planet. ...I never thought I'd quote Rattletrap, but we're all gonna die."
"Don't be so sure of that, young Bumblebee," Silverbolt advised, "We may be outmanned, but what we have is variety and factors they won't count on. Optimus, your orders?"
"My orders? Well, my Autobots, we have a long and hard fight ahead of us. But Earth is our home now as well as Cybertron. I'm going to defend it to the last nanocycle of my Spark. All I ask is you stand by my side and fight. The Decepticons think they can invade our world and get away with it? Well, let's show them why Megatron's behind bars. Autobots!" he raised his hand up, "Transform and Roll out!"
GT: Oh, this is gonna be swe...wait. Why are we at the author's notes? ...We just cliffhanged, didn't we?
SZ: Yup. We did.
Z0: Ahahaha...ah...you thought you'd get the good stuff huh...no. I'm gonna put all I got into the next chapters fight scenes.
GT: Oh, that'll be good. Huh...This'll be the first three-part thing we've done for this story.
Z0: If anything deserves it...then it's Transformers. You can tell, we REALLY love this franchise huh?
SZ: Massively, so expect some huge action next time!
GT: Yep. So make sure to Read and Review.