SZ: Behold! Pt 3 of this little mini arc!
Z0: Mwahahahaha *restraint armor breaks off my body in a bursts of steam* Finally….I am set free!
SZ:...oh geez...he's set loose *runs*we own nothing aside from original content! Start story!-!-!
Z0: YES! *powers up and unleashes a burst of energy which destroys a chunk of the earth*
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The sun slowly began to set in the distance as an evening glow covered the island, a cool calm wind blowing through. Normally this would be a nice and calm event...but no. This was the calm before the storm that would be the battle against Overlord and his group of Decepticons.
"Well…" Overlord spoke as he tore apart the haul that used to be part of his ship, "Earth, finally...hehehe...I'm gonna love tearing this place up." he spoke while stomping out; he walked out as his Decepticons joined him, "Decepticons…." he smirked while marching forward, "Transform...and rampage!"
The Decepticons roared in response as they transformed and rushed forward, charging forward as they prepared to face whatever got in their way and destroy it.
"Just remember, leave Prime to me!" Overlord added, "Whoever's fightin' alongside him...feel free to rough up as much as y'all want!"
"Let's get it done," Sixshot spoke as he flipped and transformed into his car mode before speeding ahead to lead the charge, "This atmosphere full of organics is sickening to my spark."
"Don't worry. Once Prime's finished, we can get to wrecking this mud all of a planet," Overlord assured with a dark smirk.
A few Decepticons laughed as they plowed through a few trees, knocking them over as some of the animals began to flee.
"Come on out, Prime! Don't ya care what we do to these Earthlings?!" one of them cruelly laughed.
"Maybe he really is what these mudballers call 'chicken!'" another laughed.
"Hey! Someone left an Energon cube here!" another noted.
"Say what?!" the other two turned to a third.
"See?" the third pointed at a multicolored glowing cube atop a bed of leaves.
"...I call dibs!"
"Like Unicron you are!"
"I found it, so it's mine!"
"No it's mine!"
"No! MINE!"
"ITS MINE!" the three snapped as they leapt for the cube and grabbed it.
"Ha! I…" one of them began before they suddenly lowered a bit, "...Please tell me we didn't fall for a trap."
"..."
"..."
"...You clunk h-!" the first one began before they fell into a large hole.
"GAH! I can't move! There's tar in here!"
"This place has tar?! What the scrap is this?!"
"Ahem," all three, covered in tar, looked up to see a smirking Ironhide, a tree branch in hand, "Hey there."
"Autobot! Shoot 'em!" the first ordered.
"Uh, tar?" the second reminded, hefting up his gun to show it jammed with the black gunk.
"Oh right."
"So you can't fire, can ya?" Ironhide asked before holding a charging blaster to the branch, igniting it, "Good."
"Oh slag," the third squeaked.
"...W-we know what your thinking. 'Should I drop that lit branch?' And the answer...may surprise…" the second began.
"As I heard on the Earth radio: Get lit!" Ironhide declared as he dropped it before running away as the hole erupted in flames and screams, "Ooh...So that's why they warn us not to mix tar with fire...wow."
"Hold it, Autobot scum," a Decepticon spoke, aiming their blaster at Ironhide's head, "Surrender quietly and I won't shoot me."
"Isn't the term 'or you'll shoot me?"
"I know what I said!"
"Alright. But, uh, just step to the right, okay?" Ironhide warned.
"Oh, you'd like me to step to the right, wouldn't ya? You done made that there trap, so you probably know where they all are and are just trying to trick me to step into one. Well, I'm not an idiot, gasket case! I'm going left!" the Decepticon declared, stepping to the left...only to scream as the hidden wire attached to a bent down tree snagged his leg and sent him flying off into the air, letting him be easy prey to be blasted apart by Ironhide's arm-mounted cannons.
"I warned him," Ironhide chuckled.
"Ahh...These mudballers make such a mess…" one Decepticon muttered as a pair trudged through a grove of acorn trees, "I mean, why do they eat these things?"
"Oh, I checked their 'internet' about it. Apparently, they can turn these things into an alternate fuel source for vehicles," the other noted.
"...Don't be an idiot. Who'd use these things for fuel? They're nothing but ju...!"
"*whistle* Hey! Twiddle Dumb and Dumber!" the two looked over to see Makoto sitting on a nearby branch, kicking her legs a bit as her tail swayed, "Hello~"
"...What kind of freaky human is that?"
"I think, based on what I've read on the 'internet'...she's a what they call 'furry.'"
'...Focus on the mission, Makoto…' Makoto thought in annoyance, her hands gripping a bit as she kept the smile up, "And you must be what they call gearheads or roadhogs."
"It means you…" they pointed at each other before becoming offended and fighting each other...making them sink faster, "...Wait a minute…" they looked down, "What the frag?!"
"And that, my fine gearheads, is called quicksand," Makoto noted, "Why do you think I'm up here and not down there?"
"Frag you, freaky earthling!"
"Idiots say what?"
"What? ...Aw scrap!"
"Oh, and one more thing? I'm a 'freaky Earthling'..." Makoto held up a pair of grenades, "That has bombs."
"Those little things?" the first asked before Makoto jumped and landed before his face, "Wh…" Makoto pulled the pin and threw it into his open mouth before quickly doing the same with the other Decepticon before jumping onto a nearby tree, "?!"
"Bye bye~" Makoto chuckled as she jumped off, landing safely on the ground outside the quicksand and began to walk away, whistling a light tune before an explosion went off, "Might be durable on the outside, but the insides are another story."
"I can do this...I can do this…" Noel whispered, hiding behind some cover near the base as she held her Bolverk, "If I see any Decepticons nearby, I just need to repel them back…I...I hope..."
=It's fine Noel. You've dealt with scarier since we've joined the Plumbers= Tsubaki assured
"I think it's fair to call this slightly different," she replied before giving a startled cry as loud footsteps stomped neatby.
"Damn organic pit...frag this place and its...ugh! What is that...biomatter? I fraggin' hate organics…" this Decepticon seemed to have a bit of a sailor's mouth.
"...but...so big…" Noel whimpered at the size.
"Ugh...what are these short fluffy things?!" Noel tensed as she looked up, seeing the Decepticon about to stomp on a family of rabbits, "Fraggin' a...need to sto-"
*BANG BANG BANG!*
"Gah! Motherboard-fragger!" the Decepticon cursed as he fell over, holding his face, "Who did that?!"
"Hands off the cute fluffy bunnies!" Noel demanded.
"Grr…" the Decepticon growled as it shot up, "You really think you can give me orders, you little human brat?! I've squished Mini-Cons shorter than you, and I c-what's that killing intent?" He tensed when he saw Noel now holding a charging railgun in the colors of Bolverk, "...Is that a railgun?!"
"FIRE!" Noel barked, pulling the trigger and proving that it was indeed a railgun.
"Oh no!" the Decepticon freaked as he began to run from the incoming blast, "Nononononono! Nononnonononono! Nononon-!" he screamed as the shot hit and sent him flying straight off the island and into the water.
=...Were...you aware th...= Optimus began.
=No...no. I was not aware that she could do with her guns. …Kajun?=
=Hmm...Given the average weight based on medical records in Ratchet's medical bay to give an approximate weight for that Decepticon, the velocity, angle of the curve…= Kajun muttered, the scratching of pencil on paper heard on the line.
=I think she's lost in something…= Optimus sighed.
=Best avoid her when she's like this…= Tsubaki advised.
"What in the Pit happened?" Bumblebee pondered, hiding behind a tree that Mai was standing on a branch of with her spear in hand.
"More than likely? A cute animal or animals was going to be killed and when it comes to those...Noel tends to get...um...yeah…"
"Yeesh. It's always the shy ones, huh?" Bumblebee questioned.
"You have no idea," Mai deadpanned before looking up, "Jenny! See anything from up there?!"
"A few coming this way...at least, I think so considering tanks should not be purple and black," Jenny replied from the very top of the tree, her eyes extended out like binoculars.
"Yeah it's them...They really like that color scheme for some reason," Bumblebee muttered.
"Black for death and purple for fear and intimidation most likely," Mai guessed, "Then again...I did hear that purple was originally a sign of royalty."
"...Now all I can think is that Megatron wanted to be known as the 'King of Death,'" Bumblebee shuddered.
"He's...very scary, isn't he?" Mai asked.
"Like you wouldn't believe," Bumblebee replied, giving a small shudder.
"Just hearing the name is giving me the heebie jeebies," Jenny shuddered, "And they're getting close now."
"Please tell me that spear of yours is more powerful than it looks," Bumblebee begged Mai as Jenny floated back down next to them.
"Yep," Mai replied.
"Well...I always wanted to bust 'Con heads in the Elite Guard...now that I'm living the dream...I want to wake up," Bumblebee admitted as his face mask closed over his face.
"I can relate...well, kind of. I mean, I wanted to be like any other teenager and go to school and be with friends. It sort of worked, but I still had to do all kinds of defending and protecting and rescuing," Jenny shrugged.
"My case...is complicated," Mai added as she stood ready.
"H-" Bumblebee began before a small group of Decepticons came barging into the area in their vehicle modes, "Later!" he panicked, transforming his hands into stinger mode as he began blasting at the Decepticons, making them scatter out of the way of his electric blasts and crash into one another.
One with a jeep mode dodged the shots and charged at him, transforming quickly to throw a punch only for his arm to freeze. He tried to move it only to get no response. He yelped as he was lifted up and used as a makeshift club by Jenny on another Decepticon.
"Wow. She's strong," Bumblebee noted.
"From her blueprints, it says she has the strength of a million and seventy men," Mai replied, "And no one wants to find out if she or Makoto are stronger in an arm wrestling match."
"I don't want to know!" Bumblebee spoke as he jumped and twisted his body around the punch of a Decepticon before swinging its arm back against its joints, "You guys sure do like to charge in a lot! Are your processors so low on memory that you gotta share it just to make a megabyte of memory?"
"Shut it, puny Autobot!"
"Hey I might be small...but I got yer arm!" he cheered.
"Wait, what...AHH!" he cried in pain as a loud cracking sound was heard, "My arm!"
"AH! Why is it still moving!?" Bumblebee asked, swinging the arm unit around and smacking several Decepticons across the face.
"Put it down! Put it down!" Mai yelped, ducking under each swing.
"AH!?" Bumblebee panicked as he used the arm to knock out its original owner...making it stop, "Huh...that should have been obvious huh?" he noted, tossing it away as he aimed and began zapping the Decepticons.
"Very much so…" Mai deadpanned before jumping up from an attempted laser blast from a Decepticon, reeling her arm back as she threw her spear, "Hah!"
"Woah!" a Decepticon freaked before ducking under the thrown spear, "Ha! Yeah missed, mudb-YEOW!"
"I love my spear," Mai giggled as she caught it.
"That is amazingly handy!" Bumblebee spoke, clapping his stingers together as he blasted a Decepticon with a larger blast of electricity.
"It's gotten me out of quite a few tight spots," Mai replied as she threw it again, the spear bouncing off the air a few times as it hit a few Decepticons.
"These guys go down pretty easy!" Jenny noted, forming blasters from each arm as she shot two Decepticons down.
"...She did not just say that. Tell me she didn't say that! You did not just say that!" Bumblebee panicked.
"Huh?" Jenny blinked at that.
"I think you pulled a Ben and Makoto, Jenny!" Mai freaked.
"How is that a thing?!" Makoto yelled in the distance.
"I think that your friends have you pegged, scary girl!" Bumblebee complained, zapping another Decepticon.
"UGH!" Makoto groaned, "...Wait. WHO JINXED IT?!"
"I didn't know it was a thing!" Jenny complained as she lifted and tossed a Decepticon and tossed him into another.
"Do you want to know how I know it's a thing? I said it...then one of Megatron's top 'bots showed up with a POKE attachment!" Bumblebee replied.
"Poke?" Mai repeated.
=Punch Of Kill Everything= Kajun informed =Banned on over forty-seven planets and restricted on eighty-nine=
"Why is that a thing!?" Mai and Jenny complained, taking down two more Decepticons.
"Blame the guy who made the thing. I think he was from Cluster Prime and was the head builder for this Vexus lady," Bumblebee replied.
"...Even locked up, Vexus is still causing trouble!" Jenny complained.
"Huh?"
"It's a long story!"
"...Kajun, remind me to suggest Magister Tennyson to make a sweep of space in case any of Vexus' followers are still alive," Tsubaki stated.
"That is possible," Kajun agreed, "I will be sure to remind you later."
"Last thing we need is another technological species invading us," Tsubaki sighed, "We already have our hands full as is…" she quickly turned her communicator on, "Silverbolt, any sign of Overlord or any other Decepticons?"
=No sign of Overlord. However, I've taken down three Flyers= Silverbolt replied =And without even being in a ship! Once again, I love this planet for giving me this new alt mode!=
"Well he's enjoying it here," Optimus spoke, "Still where could Overlord be? He's a high ranking Decepticon, so he must be some kind of flyer."
"True, but he might have went with a different Alt mode to throw us off," Tsubaki stated, holding her chin in thought, "Any word from Jazz?"
"None," Optimus replied, "Though considering he's searching for a fellow Cyberninja practitioner, he may not want us to contact him so he doesn't get spotted first."
"Am I the only one questioning how both our cultures have the concept of ninjas?" Kajun spoke up, "No? ...Well, I'm going to question anyway."
=Optimus!=
"What is it, Ratchet?" Optimus asked.
=I've run into a bit of an…= several laser shots were heard on the line =...issue with trying to reach Omega Supreme. Who's idea was it to have our base this far from him while he was performing internal repairs?=
"Alright, I get it complaints, but after. Deal with the problem first, explain and we'll send back up."
=I have two land-based Decepticons with one having a tank for an Alt mode and the other some sort of all-terrain vehicle that was slim and quick=
"Like a puma?" Kajun asked.
=No idea what that is, but he has these hooks that ignite. I also have two Flyers constantly swooping down on me and blowing up whatever I use for cover!= Ratchet continued =One is a jet and the other a helicopter with a gatling gun attachment=
"That's a lot of attackers," Tsubaki mumbled.
"Ironhide, Makoto, can you go provide cover for Ratchet since you've caught a lot of Decepticons in your traps already?" Optimus asked into the communicator.
=Can do, boss bot=
=Aw...but we just made this one scream like a little girl…=
"Makoto, I swear to Primus…" Optimus sighed, "You get moving soldier or so help me!"
=Eek! Yes, sir!= Makoto replied.
"Now you know how I feel around her…" Tsubaki sighed.
"This is why I'm somewhat glad I only have a small team," Optimus sighed.
Sixshot knocked over a large tree as he entered a clearing. He quickly transformed as his optics narrowed as he looked around the area for anything out of the ordinary. He stopped to look around a few more times before advancing forward.
"I've made it to the island. The diversions are doing their job perfectly. I'll find the Autobots' ship and take it down. Last thing we need is that giant freak transforming and blasting down our numbers." Sixshot spoke, tapping his helmet to activate a communication system.
=Good. Take out their trump card, and they'll follow suit= Overlord smirked.
"Right, right…" he sighed, walking forward before stopping; he turned and fired a blaster at a tree, "I know you're there, Autobot...I thought this Prime's Ninja died?"
"I owed him a solid," Jazz's voice echoed around the clearing.
"I hate that about you, Autobots...one goes down...two more crop up...You're like pests."
"And you're an uncool jive turkey who gets his kicks from messing with folks who ain't grooving to our conflict and trying to keep on the DL of it," Jazz replied.
"Aw great...one of them weird talkers," Sixshot muttered, "You bots always pick up the local speak...it gets annoying." he replied before turning around and shooting with two hand held blasters as he seemed to spin around on his waist, tearing down a few trees, sending Jazz into a rolling fall to avoid damage, "Hmph. You're not the only one who knows that old technique. One of Yoketron's brats, I take it?"
"Hmph. What if I am?" Jazz asked, repositioning himself as he stood ready.
"I've been meaning to add another one of you to my list of his...failed students," Sixshot replied as his guns folded up as he stored them behind his back.
"Failed students?" Jazz repeated before getting it, "No…"
"Call it...a hobby in between jobs," Sixshot replied, "It keeps me from losing my edge." he replied, swinging a kick as Jazz ducked under it.
The two began swinging at one another. Sixshot used his size to swing low, leaving craters and torn trees with each punch and kick. Jazz flipped over another kick before rolling back to his feet. Jazz swung a kick that struck Sixshot's back, making him stumble forward a step. Sixshot grunted, turning around and punching. Jazz ducked around the punch and rolled his shoulder along his arm, his spin picking up speed before he swung his hand and slammed a blue nunchuck into Sixshot's face, making him stumble forward a step.
"Time to get a new Hobby," Jazz replied.
Sixshot growled, getting up as he held his hands behind his back as the handles for his guns folded out...only to draw them out, revealing glowing purple single edged short swords. A lone tree nearby lost a leaf as the two stood at the ready to continue. The moment it touched the ground, they were at it once more.
"Blast it all…" Ratchet grunted as the rock he had been using as cover exploded, making him have to roll out of the way of a volley of blaster shots from the sweeping Flyers, "This...is why I hate Flight-based alternate forms!" he grunted as prongs extended from his arms, forming magnet-like formations. He aimed ahead as he caught the two ground based Decepticons when they tried to ram him in a magnetic field. He grunted, keeping them trapped in place, but holding both was proving difficult.
Ratchet looked up as the flyers circled back for another sweep of gun fire. Ratchet let go of his magnetic field as he let the two car mode Decepticons drive at him. Ratchet jumped and rolled over one of them, just in time for the wave of gun fire to strike both of them in his place. The two ground vehicle Decepticons grunted as they transformed back to robot mode and rolled into the forest foliage, groaning in pain as their armors were littered with bullet holes.
"Alright, now for…" Ratchet began before a scream went off, "What's huh?" he blinked twice as he saw a flailing Ironhide, completely silver, crash into the two Flyers, knocking them to the ground under the Autobot, "Did you get caught in your own trap again?!"
"Nope!" Makoto replied as she jumped down from a nearby tree, "I threw him!"
"I...am mostly...Okay…" Ironhide groaned, "Is that my arm or his?" he questioned in a groggy tone.
"Kid, I get the feeling you got a lot of anger in you..." Ratchet began, "And for once, I am glad it's not just me."
"Probably," Makoto replied before the two heard a loud beeping, making them look at the Decepticon with a tank form charge at them, his right arm transformed into a large bomb-shape with a glowing red button on the front, "Huh?"
"POKE!" Ratchet called, grabbing Makoto and barely jumping out of the way of the downward strike...before being thrown several dozen meters away by the resulting explosion.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Makoto freaked.
"The Punch Of Kill Everything," Ratchet replied with a groan as he turned into his vehicle mode with Makoto seated inside of him as they drove to avoid the Decepticon.
"His fist is a bomb!?" she shouted, "That...that sounds so stupid, but yet so cool!"
"The only 'bot I know of who's ever been able to withstand that thing without being put to Stasis Lock was Bulkhead!" he grunted, swerving around a tree, "If it hits a squishy Earthling like you, you're done for!"
"Hey, I am not fat!" Makoto argued before groping her chest, "It goes to the girls."
"Why do humans name parts of themselves...?" he groaned, "It makes no sense...also you're mostly made of water, ain't ya?"
"Well yeah…"
"So to us Cybertronains made of living metal...that makes ya kinda squishy!" he snapped while jumping a hill.
"Okay, changing subject before I snap," Makoto grumbled, "So what's the deal with getting to that ship?"
"That 'ship' as you call him is my partner, Omega Supreme," Ratchet replied, "He took some damage a while back and needed to convert to his vehicle mode for some repairs. Fortunately for us, I completed the last piece needed to finish his repairs this morning." Makoto grunted as Ratchet shook, barely avoiding another explosion of the POKE, "We get it to him, we can turn the tide in our favor."
"Ahh...well hurry and get it to him, doc! I can try and blow this guy back!" Makoto exclaimed, 'Provided I can pull a Big Bang Smash...oh I hope I got some leftover Mana after Gwen infused some into me during that whole Weatherbot battle.'
"No offense, kid, but I don't think that's the safest of ideas." Ratchet sighed as he swerved around another tree, using the momentum to strike the Decepticons leg and making him fall flat on his back before driving ahead, "But if you could fling Ironhide to where I'm heading...we might have someone who can take that hit. Besides his armor ability, those two cannon-looking things are actually giant energy barrier generators."
"Cool, and can do doc!" Makoto saluted as she jumped out.
"Oh...hey. I'm not dizzy...okay! Time t-" Ironhide began as he got up...only for Makoto instantly pick him up, "...Oh not again!"
"Better ball up, big guy!" Makoto shouted as she tossed him into the air, reeling her arm back, "Not sure if this'll hurt...but here's a watered down version of a move on mine! Big Bang…" she began just as a balled up Ironhide came down and she punched him hard, "Iron Meteor!"
"WOAH!" Ironhide screamed as he was suddenly sent rocketing towards the Decepticon with the POKE, crashing right into him as they plowed through a few trees, "Is that a POKE!?" he panicked as he armored up his arm and punched the Decepticon as they tumbled, "Why don't I ever know things ahead of time!?" he grunted, standing up, grabbing a newly made log, and used it like a club, slamming the end still covered in branches and leaves into the Decepticon's face.
The Decepticon grunted as he moved his arms to remove the tree...only to goof and forget what weapon his arm was currently turned into as he tapped the trigger against the log in the process. Ironhide lifted his arms as the devices on them flashed to life, he spread them apart as two half dome barriers formed around him just as the POKE went off. A large explosion sent charred logs and branches flying. As the smoke cleared, the barriers stood as a smoking and burnt Decepticon groaned in pain.
"...Slag it…" the Decepticon groaned before collapsing.
"Whoo! It worked!" Makoto beamed...before holding the arm she had raised in her cheer, "And I was right about it hurting a bit~!"
"Wow...That punch was as bad as 'Bee said it was," Ironhide cringed, looking at the downed Decepticon, "Well...ain't never met a punch I couldn't take." he grinned, pointing at himself, "That's why they call me 'Ironhide'." he gloated, jogging over to Makoto and Ratchet.
"That's great and all kid, but we got a bigger mission to deal with," Ratchet spoke, "You…" he paused, looking at Makoto before pointing at just Ironhide, "You cover me and the girl as we wake up the Big Bot."
"What happened to Optimus?" Ironhide asked in concern.
"Not him! Omega Supreme!" Ratchet replied before facepalming, "Ugh…"
"Hey wait. Why am I helping?" Makoto asked.
"You hurt your arm and are in no position to keep tossing around Cybertronians, young lady, so you are going to come with me and like it." Ratchet explained, "Or I will call your Commanding officer and tell him how reckless you are."
"...yes sir," Makoto muttered.
"Kids...why am I always stuck with kids…?" Ratchet sighed, picking her up as he ran off to his destination.
"AHH!" Mai, Jenny, and Bumblebee screamed as they barely avoided another barrage of missiles fired from a group of Decepticons, the trio ending up in a large quarry-like area as they slid down the side.
"Why'd you antagonize them?!" Mai and Jenny snapped at Bumblebee.
"I didn't think they would've heard me after we beat the first ones!"
"Y'all done take back what y'all done said 'bout me compensatin'!" one shouted with a massive cannon mounted on his shoulder.
"I stand by it!" Bumblebee shouted, "And your buddies know it, too!"
"Least my voice isn't…!"
"SHH! Even if we're off planet, there's a chance he could come find us and hurt us for mentioning his voice!"
"Mai, please tell me your spear can pierce all their weapons," Bumblebee asked.
"I can only get it to reflect off the air three times."
"Well can't you...I don't know, toss it and have it split into multiple ones?!"
"...You got that from a manga or anime, didn't you?" Mai deadpanned.
"You can't prove anything…" he quickly replied before they all cringed as another blast struck near them, "Why can't Autobots have weapon upgrades built into them!?" he cried in panic.
"Dunno, but now I'm wishing Kajun gave me some, too!" Jenny added, holding up an arm to show some sparking wires where her blaster had originally been.
"Gah~! Why'd Grimlock had to go offline?! We can really use some Dinobot help right now!" Bumblebee complained.
"I may not be a Dinobot…" a voice noted before several feathers struck the Decepticons, exploding upon contact as Silverbolt landed, grasping two brown feathers resembling swords, "But I can provide help."
"You have exploding feathers?!" Mai gawked.
"Seems my weapon systems changed with my body," Silverbolt replied before petting one of his wings, "Another blessing from this planet, it seems."
"..." Mai and Jenny raised a brow at Bumblebee.
"Don't look at me. Never met him back on Cybertron," Bumblebee replied, "Also organic modes are weird!" he went on.
"I take slight offense to that," Silverbolt huffed before assuming a fighting stance with his blade-like feathers, "Now stand ready, my comrades! The enemy is preparing to fight once more."
"Oh Primus, he's starting to sound like Angry Archer…" Bumblebee muttered.
"More like the heroes from old comic books back in my time," Jenny added, "...It's almost like I never left."
"I'm getting tired of timeline gimmick accents…" Mai muttered.
"I'm getting tired of Earth accents in general…" Bumblebee sighed.
"I just hope Noel's okay…" Jenny added.
"Gah! Why'd you have to try and step on the fluffy things?!" one Decepticon freaked as a small group of them were retreating from Noel, who had converted her guns into a rocket launcher.
"I didn't mean it! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
"RUN!"
"I WANNA GO HOME TO NEW KAON!"
"NOBODY TOLD ME HUMANS ON THIS PLANET WERE THIS SCARY!"
"I DID NOTHIN'!"
"MERCY!"
"MOMMY!"
"Wait...what...what's that?"
"I don't know it just felt like the right thing to say...YEARGH!" he cried as his rear end was blasted, sending him falling into a mud pool.
"AH! She got Steele!"
"Leave him!"
=Noel! Noel, stand down! You already scared them off!= Tsubaki yelled from Noel's communicator.
"Not until they pay for harming the bunnies," she replied coldly, aiming and blasting another Decepticon in the rear.
"WHY THE AFTERBURNER!?"
=I got it!= Makoto spoke =Noel...you're scaring the fluffy bunnies!=
"Eh?!" Noel gasped as she stopped, "Oh dear...I-I didn't mean too!"
=...I have several questions= Optimus spoke.
=Only way to get her to stop when she's like that is either offer her to hug Makoto's tail, offer something cute and cuddly, or let her know she's scaring said cute and cuddly creature that she went into that state to protect= Kajun answered.
=Now I'm just gonna trust you on that because my default response is to yell at Bumblebee for screwing up...then yell at who did screw up= Optimus replied.
=It's true! He does it all the time!= Bumblebee added.
=Right...ahem! Noel, return back to base. We already dwindled enough of their numbers after you chased them off, and the others have the other groups handled= Tsubaki stated.
"...but...but the bunnies…"
=I'll let you hug my tail when we're done= Makoto offered.
"Returning to base," was all Noel said as she ran off.
"...My afterburner burns…" the one that had been shot in the behind groaned on the ground.
"Can it, Coalgrinder…You got shot once, I got it twenty times..." Steele moaned from the mud.
"Hmm...Starting to see just why Megatron's forces here kept getting scrapped," Overlord noted, looking at a holographic screen replaying Noel's rampage for the rabbits, "These humans are surprising. Almost...impressive," he smirked, "Oh this was worth the trip, but it'll only be fully worth it...when you show up. Optimus Prime!"
"Whoa!" Jazz yelped as he barely avoided a series of blast from Sixshot.
The two ran down through a path in the forest. Sixshot held a blaster in his left and a sword in his right. The two kept running as Jazz swung his nunchuck in his right hand and deflected blasts down to the ground. The two reached a clearing as Sixshot swung his sword only for Jazz to block it with the cord keeping his weapons two halves together. The two struggled before Jazz kicked Sixshot making him stumble back a step, Jazz twirled his flailing weapon around forming a solid circular image of blue light as the two continued to square off waiting for an opening.
The two changed their stances as Sixshot aimed his sword forward for a thrusting attach with his gun held at his side to shoot should Jazz try avoiding to his left. Jazz moved one leg back as he swapped hands to hold his Nunchuck, spinning it around with his left to deflect Sixshot's stab. The two realized these stances would not work, so they changed again. Sixshot flipped his sword and held it in reverse grip as he held it behind his back for an upward slash as he held his gun up to shoot for a distraction. Jazz stopped spinning his nunchuck as he held the other end under his arm and swung his body around as he held his right hand forward with his thumb jutting outwards and two of his fingers pointing up while the rest where curled closed.
"Hmph. I'm surprised you've managed to last this long," Sixshot noted, "...Not unlike Prime's previous team mate...what was his name again? Prowl?"
"You know man...you talk too much," Jazz spoke as he rushed forward as a blur and slammed his palm into Sixshot's chest, "Hmmm..." he hummed as a force suddenly sent the large Decepticon flying back and through several trees 'till slamming into a rock.
"Guh!" Sixshot grunted as he got up, showing no damage on him, "You'll have to try harder than that to break my armor. It's made from a compressed dwarf star!"
"Density and toughness are two different things, man," Jazz smirked, "Sides, ain't you heard? You put your processor to it, a bot can do anything."
"Ah great...heard that from Yoketron, did ya?" Sixshot snorted.
"Nope...just ad libbed an old Earth saying I liked," he chuckled, "You gotta give a planet's culture a shot man...they might surprise ya."
"...Oh. You mean like…" Sixshot began before shooting the ground, resulting in an explosion of dirt and smoke, "This?!"
"Gh?!" Jazz grunted as he shielded himself from the explosion. Before he could regester what just happened, Sixshot rammed into him with a shoulder charge, sending him crashing into a few trees, "Gah! ...Okay. Kinda...walked into that one."
"Yeah. You did," Sixshot smirked as he fired another shot at him, prompting Jazz to quickly roll out of the way.
"I keep hearing the sounds of fighting that way," Bumblebee pointed to the dust cloud, "It must be Jazz and that Sixshot guy!"
"Think he needs any h-ahh!" Jenny yelped when one Decepticon tried to hit her, "Hey watch it! You almost zozzled my paint job!"
"Zo-what?" the Decepticon asked, "Man, Terran language is weird."
"Jump him!" Bumblebee shouted as he and Jenny tackled him to the ground. The sounds of punching and zapping was heard as the Decepticon cried in pain with each attack.
=Oh I heard a theory. Try attacking what would be his jugular= Kajun spoke.
"OW!"
=No the jugular…=
"OW!"
=No the...ugh...just attack his neck…=
"Why didn't you just say so!?" Bumblebee complained as he zapped his neck, making him go into Stasis Lock.
"...Kajun, how did…?" Mai began.
=There's a theory where if enough force or electricity is applied to a Cybertronian's jugular, they'll go into a stasis lock=
"But do they…"
=Which is why I said what would be his jugular...they do drink and eat in a way, so they have a kind of throat= she explained =I would need to take medical notes from Ratchet to be completely sure=
"...Wait. So just enough force or electricity can knock them into stasis?" Jenny asked.
=As was shown by Bumblebee yes=
"Well, that should make things easier," Silverbolt noted.
"Hopefully, because here they come again!" Mai exclaimed as the Decepticon grunts charged.
"Die, filthy A…!" one began before Mai's spear hit his neck, bouncing off before hitting two more as the three fell over.
"Wow. 3 for 3," Mai noted as she caught her spear, "Great find, Kajun."
=It's what I do=
"...What just h-?!" one Decepticon began before Jenny's oversized hand pinched his neck, making him tense as he fell over.
"What the slag?! They can put us into stasis lock without cuffs?!" another freaked.
"Frag! I didn't sign up for this!" another yelped.
"And yet you did," Silverbolt spoke from behind them, making them tense before he chopped his hands on the back of their necks, making them twitch and fall over, "Shouldn't take long. Jazz, come in." static was his response, earning a frown, "Override communication lockdown. Passcode: Silverbolt Major."
=PASSCODE ACCEPTED= went off in Jazz's head before Silverbolt's voice spoke =Jazz, listen up. We've found that there's a small...issue...with Cybertronian physiology. Give one a strong enough strike to the neck or even a strong enough blast of electricity or anything really that hits the neck and a Cybertronian will enter an immediate Stasis Lock=
"Cool to hear, dawg," Jazz replied, "I'll get back to you on if that works on a heavily modified Cybertronian like Sixshot."
=Wait. You're already fighting…=
"Another time, my man, I gots work to do," he replied, "Elite guard emergency radio silence override. Passcode: Jazz," he whispered as the line shut off, "Now...where was I?" he spun his nunchuk, "Right...kicking your afterburners."
"More like me offlining your Spark," Sixshot countered as he fired a shot, only for Jazz to jumpflip over it.
'Gotta try and find an opening,' Jazz thought as he continued to dodge Sixshot's lasers.
Jazz stopped as he spun his nunchuck and deflected a blast. He swung it as the cord extended and he wrapped it around Sixshot's blaster before dragging it out of his hand. Jazz grabbed the blaster as he shot it, making Sixshot block with his sword. In that moment, Jazz jumped as he slammed his knee into his face, knocking him over. He thought he'd gotten the Decepticon only to realize too late it had little effect as Sixshot grabbed Jazz by the leg and slammed him into the ground.
"Nice try, little bot…" he grunted, standing over Jazz, "But it takes more than that to take me down…"
"I was hoping for that…" Jazz panted as he began humming.
Sixshot blinked before he connected his sword back into his other blaster as he prepared to finish the battle...only to grunt when a blast of energy struck the back of his neck, sending him falling forward. Jazz kicked his legs up and stopped the large Decepticon from falling on him. He grunted, swinging his legs up and over to toss Sixshot into a small ditch made from their fighting.
"Processor over matter...I'm not as good as Prowl...but I'm bettin' that one did my boy proud from the Well of AllSparks," Jazz grunted, getting up as the blaster fell into his hand, "I figured nothing I had could hurt that weak spot...but...I figured your fancy six shooter here...well that might just do the trick now wouldn't it?"
"F-frag you...Autobot…" he grunted, trying to get up only to groan as he was bashed across the back of his head, making his optics go wide as he fell face first into the dirt.
"Language man...we got kids on this island," Jazz joked, dropping the gun, "Coms back on...Prime...I got a big present for you baby."
=Is it green, purple, and silver?=
"Ah...you peeked. No fair Boss Bot." Jazz laughed with a huff as he sat on Sixshot, "Might need that flatbed you got in your room to lift him though."
=I could probably lift him= Makoto offered.
=Not with your injury, young lady= Ratchet argued.
"I feel like I'm missin' some context there," Jazz admitted.
=Makoto ended up punching Ironhide into a POKE-equipped Decepticon, and ended up hurting herself in the process= Kajun explained.
=We'll be informing Magister Tennyson about that in the mission report= Tsubaki added.
=Aw nuts!=
"Well keep alert. We're still waiting on the big bad bot…" Jazz sighed.
=Luckily our scouts are free to figure that out now that the other Decepticons are in Stasis Lock= Tsubaki spoke =Speaking of...Mai, Jenny, what's your current status?=
=I think we're nearing the crash site and see someone…= Jenny spoke
=...What does Overlord look like?= Mai asked =Because I think we see him=
=Nobody t-mph!=
=Shh! Quiet!= Silverbolt hushed Bumblebee.
"...Guess they found him," Jazz noted.
"Silverbolt?" Jenny whispered.
"Yeah...That's him alright," Silverbolt confirmed, a grim scowl on his face.
"He's...big…" Bumblebee muttered, "Like really big...and scary."
"Terrifyingly big…" Mai added.
"And...he's doing nothing...he's just standing there...menacingly…" Bumblebee added.
"...Eh, I've seen and fought bigger," Jenny shrugged, earning looks, "Mai, do you not remember my...ahem…'brother' back in Tremorton that the kooky old guy in steampunk repaired and basically made ineffective in what he was supposed to do?"
"...oh yeah…." Mai recalled.
"I feel like I'm missing something here…" Bumblebee muttered.
"The Armagedroid. Massive giant robot that's at worst level 20 tech that could possibly destroy the world," Jenny explained.
"Overlord is a world destroyer with limitless energy reserves due to specialized engines placed in his chest," Silverbolt spoke, "One offers limitless energy while the other releases an odd energy wave which nullifies the abilities of others around him."
"Wait. He can nullify abilities?"
"That is what I said, yes."
=...Could we have permission to borrow it to see if we can replicate that energy wave once he has been caught?= Kajun asked =It would make containing several prisoners all the more easier and possibly even safer for the prisoners as well if they require something and this wave could nullify that requirement=
"Well you'd need to yank it out of his chest first…" Silverbolt spoke, "Which is easier said than done."
"Yeah, especially considering how dangerous he is…" Bumblebee added with a gulp.
"Any advice?" Jenny asked.
"Yes. Optimus, it is Overlord," Silverbolt informed.
=I'm heading to your location now= Optimus replied =Stay hidden until I arrive=
"Considering he hasn't noticed us yet, can do," Bumblebee quietly replied.
=If you can't, then delay until I get there=
"Don't tempt fate...in the name of Vector Prime, make it here soon Optimus…" Bumblebee pleaded.
=I will. Stay safe, all of you=
"Can do," Silverbolt replied.
"Alright, no better time to try this out like the present," Optimus noted as he approached a trailer of sorts resembling the engine of a fire truck before switching to his vehicle mode and attached to it, "GH!" he grunted as sparks came off him and the trailer, "No wonder I need a Powermaster…" he quickly drove out and towards Bumblebee's signal, "But I just have to work with what I have!"
"Why is he just waiting?" Bumblebee asked, "Isn't he this big scary planet destroying monster? Why hasn't he made a move?"
"He must be waiting for the right chance to attack," Mai whispered, "...Or rather, waiting on someone."
"...You don't think all those Decepticons were just to flush Optimus out, do you?" Jenny asked quietly.
"Considering that he's the reason why Overlord came here, I wouldn't be surprised," Silverbolt replied.
"...Does that mean Optimus is walking into a trap?"
"...Oh I hope n-"
"Y'all know I can hear ya, right?!" Overlord shouted, making the four tense up, "Had a feelin' Prime would send a bunch of scouts to come look for my location, and yer not exactly bein' quiet!"
"Oh slag," Bumblebee gulped as Overlord turned and fired a barrage of lasers from the six barrels on the left side of his waist at their direction.
"MOVE!" SIlverbolt roared, grabbing them before flying out of the way only to be sent tumbling by the shockwave of the explosion.
"Well look at this...an Autobot with an organic mode. Last time I saw a freak like this was that spider lady...ooh, I wonder what happened to her. Did someone finally step on her to put her out of her misery? Bummer. I wanted to do the stepping," Overlord sighed, stomping over to them as he seemed to blur over and stomp Silverbolt into the ground with a grunt of pain from the Fuzor, "Well, you ain't a bug...but maybe I can pluck them wings off and see how much it hurts?"
"Oh, you don't want to do that," Silverbolt growled before managing to aim the tips of his wings at Overlord before the feathers on them shot out and exploded in Overlord's face, making him step back in surprise to let him switch to beast mode and jump away from the Decepticon.
"...Well. Ain't you full of surprises…" Overlord smirked as the dust cleared, revealing no damage to his face before a laser shot deflected off him, "...Was that what Earthlings call a 'Mosquito' just now?"
"That didn't phase him at all…" Jenny whispered.
"Ah, now what's this? A little ol' Mini-Con?" Overlord pondered on spotting Jenny, "Nah...doesn't seem Cybertronian...Someone's attempt at making a Galvan scrapbot?"
"I...SCRAPBOT?!" Jenny snapped, "Oh, you are so gonna get it!" she rocketed at Overlord and slammed her expanded fist into his face, making him stumble back and rub where she punched.
"Huh...Haven't felt a punch like that in stellar cycles," Overlord noted, "If I had to guess...That was a force equal to a million and seventy Terrans." he chuckled, "Now, little lady...how about you feel a punch from a Cybertronian?" he smirked before raising back his fist and swinging, hitting the ground and causing a massive tremor which rattled the entire island.
"Yeow! What was that?!" Makoto exclaimed as Ratchet nearly fell over in vehicle mode as the ground rumbled.
"More than likely? Not good for us," Ratchet replied, "And is your tail broken? It's as stiff as an I-Beam."
"It only happens when something is giving off some nasty killer instinct, like a predator or someone really dangerous!" Makoto explained, trying to keep her tail down, "And I'm guessing for the latter, it's that Overlord guy!"
"I was afraid of when he'd make himself known." he sighed.
=Uh hi? Not to alarm anyone, but...HEEEEEEELP!-!-!= Bumblebee screamed as explosions were heard in the background.
"How long 'till you can wake up the big guy?" Makoto asked.
"It'll take some time. Hopefully Optimus will get to them in time," Ratchet replied.
"Ahh!" Mai yelped as she barely avoided a blast.
"Come on. Is that the best ya can do?" Overlord asked, flicking away Jenny just as she attempted to punch him before grabbing Mai's thrown spear with two of his fingers, "Oh hey. Been meaning to get a new toothpick."
"Oh yeah? Well maybe a little SHOCK would clean ya up!" Bumblebee shouted from behind, jumping out of some nearby trees and fired some electrical shots at Overlord's neck, "Ha! Got him!"
"Hmm? Was that a bug just now?" Overlord asked, using Mai's spear as a toothpick.
"What?! That should-a worked!" Bumblebee gawked before Overlord grabbed him by the neck.
"Yeah...That would have worked...if I didn't reinforce my neck way back when I was a gladiator and figured out the neck would cause Stasis Lock," Overlord smirked.
"Ugh!" Bumblebee choked.
"From the videos I've seen about you Autobots on this planet, you liked to show up the most," Overlord noted, "In all honesty?" Bumblebee's optics widened as pain shot through his neck while Overlord smirked while pulling out something from the Autobot's body just below his neck and crushed it, "You talk too much."
"?! Bumblebee!" Silverbolt exclaimed as Overlord threw the smaller Autobot aside while dropping the crushed item along with his 'toothpick,' letting it shoot back to Mai's hand.
"What did you do?!" Mai demanded.
"Ah, just answering some comments about shuttin' him up," Overlord replied, "I'm sure a good doctor could fix it...but...oh listen to that sweet silence…" he held his hand up to his head, "Now I can think.," a horn blazing went off before Optimus with his new trailer rammed into Overlord, knocking him into several trees.
"Optimus!" Silverbolt called, picking up the damaged Autobot and running over to the truck.
"Bumblebee...Are you okay?" Jenny asked in concern as she and Mai hurried over.
Bumblebee tried to say something, only for a mix of beeping and static to come out of his mouth, making his optics widen in shock. He tried to say something again, only to get the same result.
"...His voice box…" Jenny whispered in realization, "...He crushed his voice box."
Optimus transformed and quickly looked at the yellow robot.
"...Silverbolt, get him out of here and straight to Ratchet as fast as you can," Optimus ordered, "Take the others with you."
"But what about you?" Silverbolt asked.
"I have a offlined Decepticon waiting," Optimus replied as his mask closed over his face, he grabbed his hammer as he turned to Overlord.
"Optimus Prime...you are a hard bot to find. You know that?" Overlord clapped his hands slowly as he stood up, "Hiding out here...on a mudhole filled with nasty little organics not even worth stepping on...well shoot...I'll still step on em."
"This is my world, Overlord...you're not gonna get off this island unless it's in stasis," Optimus spoke.
"Now...that there is a problem. See I love my freedom...and no one, especially not a Prime...is gonna take it from me," he replied before his abdomen blasters began shooting.
Optimus swung the hammer as it unleashed a barrage of electric bolts, which blocked each and every blast.
"Hoh? You have Ultra Magnus' hammer?" Overlord noted in interest, "Heh...I figured it would be in the custody of that big chinned idiot Sentinel, but I'm glad it ended up in the hands of someone who took down Megatron." a dark grin grew on his face as he approached Optimus, "Meaning it'll feel like I took Ultra Magnus down too once I offline you, Prime!"
"Over my offlined frame," Optimus replied as Silverbolt flew away in Beast mode, Mai on his back with Bumblebee in his talons.
"That can be easily made a reality," Overlord smirked as the two started to circle one another.
=Ratchet, come in! Come in, Ratchet!= Silverbolt called.
"What now?" Ratchet questioned.
=It's Bumblebee! He's been damaged by Overlord and had his voice box ripped out! He's losing a lot of Energon!=
"Scrap!" Ratchet cursed.
"He did what!?" Makoto shouted in shock.
=It's true! We saw it happen!= Mai added.
=Not good...and we need Ratchet to try and reactivate this Omega Surpeme…= Tsubaki spoke from the communicator.
"Get him to Omega Supreme immediately," Ratchet ordered, "He has a medical bay inside of him we can use. Where's Optimus?"
=Battling Overlord= Silverbolt replied.
"What?! But we still haven't finished the substitute for the Powermaster!"
"I thought you said it was ready!" Makoto exclaimed.
"The Powermaster Armor is ready...but not the actual part dubbed the Powermaster," he explained.
"Oh that makes no sense! Can't you name the armor something like...the Apex Armor and keep the little thing the Powermaster!?" Makoto complained.
"..."
"...Wait. That seriously never crossed your mind?!"
"...Was he wearing it?" Ratchet questioned.
=No. It was still in its trailer mode before we left= Silverbolt replied.
"Phew that's a relief. If he had, he'd only have roughly a Breem before it's burn up all his circuits and burn out his spark," Ratchet noted.
"...Wait a second. Where's Jenny?" Makoto asked.
Jenny flinched as another bolt of blue lightning crashed down near the trailer she was behind, looking out at the two battling. Lightning-engulfed hammer met fist, unleashing another shockwave that tore up the ground around them.
"Oh geez…" Jenny whispered, looking on at the battle with wide eyes, 'There's no way I can keep up with those two! And even if I could…' she looked down at her feet, which sparked a bit when she tried to activate the jets in them, 'I can barely even get off the ground…'
"Ha!" Optimus roared slamming the hammer across Overlord's face.
He then grunted as Overlord spun with the strike and landed a backhand strike to Optimus's chest, sending him skidding back. The two roared and clashed as Optimus used the hammer to hold back Overlord who grabbed it in an attempt to pry it from his hands. The two pushed as they tried to over power one another. Lightning surged from the hammer forming a field of electricity around them. The two Cybertronians grunted, slamming their heads against one another and forcing them to back away. Overlord laughed as he was struck by an upward swing, sending him skidding back.
"Oh...I haven't felt a hit that good since my days in the arena...Oh, that feeling of metal clashing...armor crunching...Energon leaking...oh...nothing feels better." Overlord spoke as he rolled his neck, "And every time...save for one bot...I stood over a sparkless husk. And you, Prime...heh. You're not too bad if you can survive for this long."
"I'll do more than survive; I'll be capturing you and taking away your 'freedom,'" Optimus replied.
"Funny," Overlord sneered before his legs seperated from his body as it turned into a jet that shot into the air.
"What?!" Optimus gasped before a cannon blast struck him, knocking him several dozen meters away, "GAH!" he got up only for his optics to widen when he saw the legs had combined into a single tank before blocking the barrage of lasers from the jet's sweeping attack with his hammer, "Two separate Alt Modes?!"
"That...doesn't seem possible." Jenny noted.
"You'd be surprised what we can do, after all those experiments and what not to make us the strongest Decepticons," Overlord's voice came from both vehicles, "I'm a glorified science project in here, and boy I like it!"
"Look at yourself, Overlord...you're a literal monster. This is unnatural...splitting your body into two seprarte alternate modes!?" Optimus groaned as he swung his hammer and batted away another energy blast from the tank. He then thrust the hammer up as he unleashed a barrage of electricity in the hopes of shooting down the jet portion.
"Was always called 'The Pit's Great Monster' in the coliseum back before the Great War! Might as well make it a reality!" Overlord cackled as his jet half weaved and dodged the blasts.
"You really are the worst Decepticon alive, aren't you?" Optimus groaned as he fired another barrage of thunderbolts.
"I happily accept that title, too!" he laughed as his tank half aimed and charged up a large sphere of energy, "After all, with you taking down Megatron, someone has to keep it!"
"GRR!" Optimus grunted as he was able to block with his hammer in time, "Then why aren't you trying to lead the rest of the Decepticons then…?"
"I don't wanna lead a bunch of fanatics who kiss that guys afterburners. Bah! Faithful lackeys...the worst of the worst. And even then the smart ones who joined for...reasons like rebelion against that stupid system would just talk themselves into the role 'cause everyone else is that damn stupid," he went on, "No...I don't want none of that political scrap. I just wanna crush Autobots...I wanna see worlds burn...I wanna cause some damage!" he went on, shooting at Optimus and keeping him pinned in place, "I wanna reach in and rip out your spark, Optimus Prime!"
"...He's a literal monster…" Jenny whispered in horror, "He's even worse than Vexus…and if he's not stopped..." she looked up at the trailer and then down at herself, "Ratchet said this wouldn't work without someone else help control the energy flow...can I...Optimus!"
"Gh!" Optimus grunted form another blast from Overlord, "J-Jenny? What are you…?!"
"Nevermind that now and listen!" Jenny shouted as she climbed on top of the trailer, "I'm gonna try and help power the armor!"
"What?! But what if…?!"
"Just trust me!"
"Oh? The little 'bot is still here?" Overlord pondered, "What's that now? A weapons platform? Oh Prime, you've been holding out on me, haven't you?"
"..."
"However...that doesn't mean…" Overlord began as he aimed at the trailer, "I won't let ya use it…"
"?!" Optimus tensed as he quickly rushed out towards the trailer, using himself as a shield to block the incoming blast, "Gah!"
"Optimus!" Jenny gasped as Optimus fell down to one knee.
"Jenny...are you absolutely sure you wanna do this…?" Optimus grunted as he stood back up, using his hammer to stand, "That's an untested weapon…I'm not even sure what will happen to me…let alone you..."
"If it means the Earth is safe from this guy, then I don't care what happens to me," Jenny replied before turning her communicator on, "Girls...can you hear me?"
=Jenny? Jenny, what's wrong?= Tsubaki asked.
"Nothing. But...in case this doesn't work and I don't come out of this...thank you," Jenny said with a small smile, small oil-based tears forming in her eyes, "Thank you all for being my friends."
=...?! Jenny no! Don't…!= Kajun began before Jenny turned her communicator off.
"Okay...I'm ready, Optimus."
"Alright...Powermaster armor activate, Access code: Power Link!" Optimus shouted as the trailer shone and seemed to road an engine block to life at that.
The Trailer split open and floated up. A beam of data shot out and linked to Optimus's back as it continued unfolding and separating parts which floated around. A field of data formed around Optimus and the armor. Overlord shot at them only for the field to act as a barrier blocking his blasts. Optimus held his arms down at his side as they folded up and then behind his back as his feet folded down and into his legs. The first section of the Powermaster armor unfolded two sections downwards. It tilted down as wings unfolded upwards as the ladder from the truck locked into place so that the water cannons went over Optimus's shoulders, framing his head. It docked into place as the two long rectangular sections connected into the sockets where his arms once went, a surge of energy went through the new arms as they curved up and the fingers extended out. The two cylinders on each arm lit to life, revealing them to be some sort of weapon system. Two boots like sections linked to his legs and closed armor along his shins as his legs were extended via new 'feet' ending in two wheels on each outward side. A helmet floated down and connected to the back of Optimus's head as two sections folded into the side portions of his helmet, new antenna-like spikes folding back to lock the helmet in place as a visor folded over Optimus's eyes, the tint of it making his optics appear gold. The section of his abdomen that looked like the grill of his vehicle mode opened as a belt-like section casped onto his waist.
Another beam of data shot out, searching for the Powermaster to Power Link to this section of armor. Jenny took a moment before she managed to fly up, letting the beam scan her and 'link' with her. Her body transformed and folded up to resemble a small blue and white engine block which connected into the section in Optimus. The moment they linked, a powerful surge of ethereal blue light shone from this section and spread across Optimus and then outwards. Overlord reverted to Robot mode as he held his arm out as a powerful surge of energy went out as a result. He smirked as Optimus gripped his hand and swung it, dispersing the aura.
The two glared at one another before rushing one another and clashed fists. Energy surged from the impact as the ground around them seemed to just explode from the force of their attacks. The two took off straight up as they began trading punches back and forth. Overlord laughed before grunting in pain as Optimus's fist struck his abdomen and lifted him up higher into the air. Overlord grunted as Optimus slammed another punch while flying higher into the air. Overlord laughed, pushing his arm away and spinning around to slam a punch to Optimus's chest, only to pause as it...seemed to have no effect.
"My turn…" Optimus spoke, his voice sounding deeper as he reared his left back as it began glowing, he punched it as a powerful shockwave sent Overlord flying downward and crashing into the great lake below.
"Gah!" Overlord gasped as he surfaced, reaching the shore as she climbed back onto the island, "...What...what just happened?!"
"It's more of a fair fight…" Optimus spoke, floating down before him, "Come on. What happened to all that talk before Overlord...or are you just all talk…?"
"Hahaha...Okay...now I'm interested!" Overlord laughed as he floated up.
The two stood their in the air face to face. Both flashed as energy surged around them. The two charged and struck one another while flying past each other. They both veered up and began flying in a barrel roll formation, forming a double helix exhaust trail in the air. Both suddenly flew off and away from one another before flying back and clashing with such force the shockwave cleared the clouds around the island away. Both grunted, grappling by clasping one another's arms. Sparks flew from them as they spun around while flying straight up. Optimus grunted, slamming his knee into Overlord's abdomen before he could fire his miniguns. Overlord grunted as he tried to do the same only for Optimus to meet his knee strike with his own, causing more sparks to fly. Optimus leaned his left shoulder back and used this leverage to free his hand and quickly punch Overlord across the face, pushing him back. Overlord spun around as he pulled out his blaster as he charged it up. Optimus raised his hands up as the barrels on his arms lit up. They began unleashing blasts of blue light which slammed into Overlords arm...and flash froze it and his gun. The twin cannons on his shoulders aimed and began whirring to life, suddenly two streams of highly pressurized water struck Overlord and sent him falling down.
Overlord flew up as he punched Optimus across the face. The Decepticon madman flipped around and grabbed Optimus's by the face as he pushed him down towards the island, intent on slamming him into its hard surface. Overlord grunted as Optimus raised his fist and slammed it into Overlord's chest, sending him away from the Autobot. Optimus corrected himself as he spun around while flying up in time; he corrected himself in the air to face Overlord who continued to smile.
The two flew back at one another as they began swinging. Fists moved back and forth, striking and blocking one another as they floated around one another. The two swung as Optimus swung upwards, his fist glowing with blue energy while Overlord punched downward, his fist was covered in dark violet energy. The two struck one another as they sent one another flying back.
"Grr…" Optimus grunted as he corrected himself, his wings lit up their thrusters as he flew down. He held his hand out and grabbed his hammer. It sparked with electricity which was absorbed into his body.
"This...Now THIS is what I've wanted! Ever since I got this power, it's been puny little army after puny little army! It was never enough...I wanted to hear the cries of pain from someone as strong as me!" Overlord cackled, "Give me that excitement, Optimus Prime! Give me what no one since Megatron has! A fight worth dying for!"
"No one dies...not while I'm around!" Optimus countered as he held his Hammer up and called lightning from the sky which he blasted at Overlord.
"Hahaha!" Overlord laughed as he let it hit him, "Oh we'll see...we'll see!"
With that, the two rushed one another again. This time Overlord was struck by the hammer to his face before a punch knocked him back. Overlord laughed as he slammed a tackle into Optimus. The two crashed towards the ground, Optimus ignited his thrusters to their highest output as he slowed them to a stop, the tires on his feet spinning to life helping slow them down. Once they stopped, Optimus grabbed Overlord by his shoulder and lifted him up and away from him. With another swing of the hammer, Overlord was sent flying back and skipping along the ground.
Optimus swung his hammer around as he held it in both arms, the tires began peeling out as his thrusters ignited again. With a mighty roar, Optimus went racing across the ground with his hammer held back. The hammer charged up lightning before he swung it and a powerful thunderclap went off as Overlord was sent tumbling across the ground again. Optimus came to a sudden stop as he slammed the hammer into the ground. Lightning shot out from the hammer and pushed the upturned stone and dirt flying forward as a storm of debris that struck Overlord, sending him flying through several trees.
Overlord flew up as he laughed. He reached his hand to his chest...and seemed to just rip his chest armor open, revealing the two energy cores within his chest. They began glowing and soon unleashed a powerful pulse of sick purple light across the island. Optimus grunted using his hammer to keep himself standing.
"GH!" Ironhide grunted falling over.
"Its….it's Overlord!" Ratchet cried in pain, trying to keep himself up, "He's activated his nullification power…"
"It's...so hard to move…" Silverbolt added, "How can anyone beat him...he doesn't even give them a chance to fight back!"
"Have faith…" Jazz spoke as he tried to calm himself down, "We...we might not be able to...stand it...but Optimus can. We gotta have faith in him...Faith in our leader!"
"Optimus…" Ratchet spoke, "Please…"
"We're counting on you, Boss bot…" Ironhide said, "Show him...why I choose to follow you!"
"Come on, Optimus…" Silverbolt added.
"Hahahaha!" Overlord laughed, "I love it when they fall to one knee." he smirked floating down as he began punching Optimus over and over again while he couldn't fight back, "It makes it so easy to beat em 'till the Spark goes out!" he laughed, punching and punching with no end in sight.
Overlord moved to punch again, only to gawk as Optimus moved the hammer in the way of his fist. Optimus looked up as his optics flashed brightly.
"If...this is how you won your fights in the ring, Overlord...it's no wonder Megaton kicked your afterburners around like a pile of scrap. A real Bot...fights while taking every punch coming their way. I didn't give up when I lost it all...I'm not gonna give up now!" he roared, standing up as he reared his hand back and punched Overlord in the center of his chest.
Overlord gawked as a wave of energy flowed from Optimus and into him. It caused the purple energy wave covering the island to flash a glimmering and beautiful shade of blue. Overlord then grunted as he stumbled back, his chest sparking as energy came off his two energy cores. He looked up only to be struck by the hammer and then hit with an uppercut that sent him flying into the air.
"Grr!" Overlord stopped himself as he pulled out his gun as he charged and fired blast after blast which hit the ground around Optimus, causing it to explode.
Optimus flew out of the dust clouds as he held his arm up. Overlord fired another blast only to gawk as a barrier of energy in the shape of a blue Autobot insignia formed in front of Optimus. Optimus grunted, letting the blasts hit one after another as he kept flying. Optimus roared as electricity surged from his hammer and up his arm and then through his entire body. The electricity focused into his outstretched arm as the energy shield faded away. Optimus roared as his hand was glowing bright blue with energy before he slammed it into Overlord's stomach. Overlord coughed in pain.
"Ha!" Optimus held his hammer up calling lightning to it which he let course through him and into Overlord via his fist. Overlord cried in pain before he was silenced as the hammer struck the right side of his face, sending him crashing down to the ground once more.
Overlord grunted in pain as he looked up only to realize...he had both his hands up towards his face...but could only see his left hand. His right hand moved to his right eye, as he felt a shard of his now shattered optic as Energon leaked from the wound. He touched his eye before he began laughing as he felt the pain course through his body. It hurt so much...but all he could respond with was laughter...mad...maniacal... cackling laughter like something out of a nightmare.
Optimus frowned as he floated down, glaring at the downe Decepticon...no. Overlord...it was hard to say what he truly was..he wasn't a monster nor a Decepticon...he was an 'it'. Something that existed to bring harm to others because they wanted to...something that wanted to see the world burn around them and laugh at the destruction.
"Come on, Prime! Finish me while ya can!" Overlord goaded as he laughed, "Do what Ultra Magnus and Megatron couldn't do and end me!"
"No…" Optimus shook his head, "Like with Megatron, that's just what you want...I'm not giving you anything. This isn't mercy either...it's just my rules…" he clasped stasis cuffs to one of his wrists, "You're going to jail...maybe you and Megatron can spend time seeing who can kill each other with their glare."
"Hahaha…Come on, Optimus...give me this! Give me it!" Overlord laughed, only for Optimus to punch him, forcing the stasis lock to take effect.
"That...was for Bumblebee," Optimus sighed.
"Reckless...utterly utterly reckless!" Kajun ranted as she paced back and forth, a worried Noel on the side.
"Can the world stop shaking please? I wanna get off…" Makoto groaned nearby with a large bump on her noggin and an Autobot-sized toolbox nearby.
"No. You deserved that, Makoto," Kajun replied, "As for Jennifer...oh hohoho! Oh she better pray she doesn't see me! I tried to warn her what could possibly happen, and she cuts me off!"
"It seems as though the battle has ended," Tsubaki spoke, walking in.
"Is Jenny okay?!" Noel asked as she rushed over, worry heavy in her voice as she recalled what the robot girl last said.
"We won't know until Optimus returns," Tsubaki replied.
They turned to the doors as they opened, showing Optimus in his new form standing there. He dragged in Overlord behind him before coming to a stop. His visor flipped up as his mouth plate opened, revealing a very tired looking Optimus.
"Mission complete…" he panted as steam escaped from the connecting ports of his armor. The armor ejected off and quickly folded back into its trailer mode and landed as Optimus stumbled down. His abdomen section hissed as it ejected Jenny, who landed on Makoto.
"Owie…"
"Jenny!" Noel gasped as she rushed over, "Are you okay?!"
"Hey mom...Tuck got the beefaroni in the rug again…" Jenny dizzily groaned before wincing, "Ow...my everything hurts…"
"I'm gonna need a...vacation..." Optimus grunted.
"Well, I theorized the little lady could perform the power link...now we need to see if it has any unintended side effects," Ratchet sighed.
"Side effects?" Noel asked in concern.
"Well nothing bad like for say you organics. I mean like sudden new abilities...Reformatting...maybe the ability to become an alternate mode..." Ratchet rambled.
"..." Mai slowly looked over to look at Kajun...and tensed upon seeing the look of science in her eyes upon hearing that.
"Ratchet...how is he?" Optimus asked.
"Oh, the kid will be fine. He won't be able to speak for a couple Solar cycles up to...oh what do you humans call it...a month," Ratchet sighed, "But as long as he doesn't try and force it, he'll be speaking just fine like nothing happened. For now, he's stuck with that old binary speech tech we use for the drones." a series of loud beeps went off nearby, "And just what is wrong with the binary speech tech?" rapid beeps went off, "Well if they're as smart as they like to claim, then humans will understand you just fine!"
"Why doesn't he just use the radio from his vehicle mode if he doesn't want to use the beeping?" Mai asked.
"Now that's just stupid. Why on Primus would you…"
=BRILLIANT~!= a sound clip played from Bumblebee as he rushed in.
"And here I thought I could get some peace and quiet…" Optimus sighed after a moment.
"You could say 'that's just prime' for moments like that…" Makoto groaned as she sat up, rubbing her sore head.
"Hey...I like that," Jazz smiled.
"She does come up with good ideas for simplifying things," Silverbolt agreed, "Like the Maximal comment...I like it. It has a nice ring to it."
"Alright Autobots...let's round up our prisoners," Optimus sighed.
"But...What about Omega Supreme?" Makoto asked.
"We can handle a few random 'cons'. No need to pull out the big guns for some small time bots," Ratchet replied.
"Pretty much...it'd be like using a missile to swat a fly," Tsubaki simplified for Makoto, "Besides I'm sure he's sleeping for a reason."
"Most likely yes," Kajun added, already examining Jenny for whatever changes she might have while Noel hugged the robot and refused to let go.
"Well, that was a trip," Ben noted as he got out of the ProtoTRUK as Rook forced Fistrick out, stuck in handcuffs and cuffs on his legs, "Got to see your home, enjoy some of that Amber stuff, fought rats, and we caught a guy trying to steal from your home. That's...actually the tamest trip I've taken since before I was ten and during the few years I didn't have the Omnitrix."
"Once we get Fistrick locked up again, we can return home and relax," Rook stated as they approached the Bellewood Plumbers HQ.
"Sounds good. Besides, I'm sure the girls were bored while I was gone," Ben shrugged as they got inside and went for the elevator, "...Then again knowing Makoto, she probably got them mixed up in something crazy."
"It would be either her or Jenny," Rook agreed, "Those two, along with yourself, appear to be compared to magnets, but you attract bad things instead of metal."
"Oh come on...besides what's the worst that could happen while I was away? I mean everything comes to Earth looking for me." Ben gloated as they entered the primary section of Plumber HQ.
"Uh...Ben…?" Rook paused.
"Wha-ow!" he grunted walking into something made of hard metal. He looked up to see rows of Decepticons being moved, "What the wha…?"
"That should be all of them, Magister Tennyson," a voice spoke as Ben and Rook turned to see Optimus talking to Max on a platform that was to his eye level, "We hope you can transport them to the Cybertronian prison ship waiting for you just outside of your star system's orbit."
"Of course," Max nodded before he noticed Ben and Rook, "Ahh. Welcome back you two."
"...What...did we miss?" Ben slowly asked.
"Oh nothing much," Makoto gloated, sitting on Ironhide's shoulder, "Just met a couple of Cybertronians, took down a Decepticon warlord...stopped an invasion of murderous giant robots...witnessed the most epic giant robot fight of all time in real life, and fought a literal robo demon." she motioned to a laughing Overlord trapped inside a soundproof capsule.
"I hate organics…" Sixshot groaned, strapped to a giant gurney which kept his body in stasis lock, "I fraggin' hate all of you! What are you looking at, tiny?!" he snapped at Ben.
"We saved the Earth~" Makoto sang proudly.
"Technically, Optimus and Jenny saved the Earth." Noel added, "But we helped!" she smiled.
"Noel beat the Plumbers record for most arrests given how many Decepticons she took down while in 'Must protect the adorable bunnies' mode." Makoto laughed.
"Don't ask. We really call it that," Mai answered Rook's unspoken question.
=Ben Tennyson!= Bumblebee exclaimed in Will Harangue's voice, pointing at him and gawking before the sound of a radio changing was heard =I thought he'd be taller=
"...Uh…"
"His voicebox was damaged, so he's using the radio," Jenny explained.
"So this is him, huh?" Ironhide smirked, "You're right, 'Bee. I was expecting taller and more chiseled like that externet show about him."
"There's a what about him?" Makoto asked, holding back a laugh.
"Yeah, one of them live action shows with cheesy effects...personally I think it'd be better animated," Ironhide shrugged, "But what do I know? I'm just a soldier."
"Bah...I find the concept of a watch what scrambles your DNA to be disgusting." Ratchet spoke, walking off.
"Hey! I...take slight offense to that!" Ben argued before sighing, "Nevermind...where are Tsubaki and Kajun?"
"?!" Jenny tensed at the latter's name before flying up and hiding behind Makoto.
"...Science Mode for Kajun?"
"Eeyup," Makoto replied, "Jenny ended up fusing with Optimus via this super cool armor, and there might be possible side effects due to said fusion."
"I mostly feel the same," Jenny replied, "Well, except that one time where I sneezed and transformed into a laser bazooka…" she muttered.
"...And Tsubaki?"
"Currently trying to talk to someone from Cybertron in hopes o-" Mai began.
"UGH! I've never met someone so infuriating in my entire life!" Tsubaki snapped as she stomped up to the group.
"Big chin? Blue plating? Has a severe dislike of organics?" Ratchet asked, earning a nod, "Yep. Congrats on meeting Sentinel Magnus."
"I apologize for asking this, but how has your planet not fallen into chaos with someone like him in charge?!" Tsubaki asked before looking at Ben, "Oh..welcome back, by the way. And a warning should you ever come near Cybertron or any planet near it."
"Huh?" Ben blinked.
"The current guy in charge thinks you're more of a menace and put out an order to have you arrested on sight," Makoto explained.
"Ah...wait, what?!" Ben gawked at that, "What did I ever do to the guy?!"
"From what that…that...horrible excuse of a leader said, it's because the Omnitrix is a-and I quote- 'a perverted force of nature that should have never been created, and certainly should not be in the hands of a filthy organic,'" Tsubaki explained.
"Aside from the filthy organic bit, I'd bet he'd get along with Harangue," Ben noted, rolling his eyes.
"My thoughts exactly," Makoto added with her own eye roll.
"I wonder what Silverbolt is gonna do?" Mai pondered.
"Silverbolt?" Ben repeated.
"Present," the Fuzor replied behind Ben in his beast mode.
"Gh!" Ben jumped before looking up at the Fuzor, "...Did Animo get out again?"
"Silverbolt, formerly Silverbolt Major of Cybertron," Silverbolt greeted, transforming and bowing, "An honor to meet you."
"What is wrong?" Rook pondered to Mai.
"Because of a malfunction with a scanner on his ship, Silverbolt ended up with an organic alternate mode. Sentinel Magnus made it banishment for having one," Mai explained.
"You're more than welcome to stay with us, Silverbolt," Optimus offered, "You'd be a welcomed addition to our little team of misfits and outcasts."
"Ahh...I thank you, Optimus sir," Silverbolt bowed.
"And hey. If you find any other Autobots with organic alt modes here on Earth, you can make a new faction and call them the Maximals," Makoto offered, "Give those Decepticreeps something to worry about, ya know?"
"I do like it, yes...let this be the dawn of a new era for the Cybertronian race!" Silverbolt declared proudly.
"Noted, 'Bolt," Makoto giggled, hopping off Ironhide's shoulder as she landed next to Ben, "So...how was your trip?"
"...I am so totally jealous of you girls right now," Ben stated, earning a squirrely smile.
GT: Phew...That's done with! And man, was that insane!
Z0: *sitting in a refreshing ice bath* Ah...magic made…*interns begin applying my power restraint armor to my body again* Hey hey make sure the cod piece isn't to tight this time.
SZ:...Ahem! Ah yes...that ends this little mini filler arc.
Z0: Not so much filler when we used it to replace actual fillery episodes…
SZ: Fair, because there are certain filler episodes that were just...meh at best.
Z0: Now we have an excuse to skip em...your welcome~! Now...interns...finish applying my restraining armor before I break the earth….again…
GT: Yes, please put them on him.
SZ: Please do...we need him and the Earth in one piece, because I believe we're gonna get back to the main story….after a possible rest chapter of course, because there was a LOT of action this chapter.
GT: Eeyup. So until next chapter, please read, review...and pray we don't let him out of his restraints any time soon.
Z0: Ah no worries look *armor on his arm falls off as he swings wiping out a city block* Oops...Later True believers!