New chapter! The Autobots and Avengers first battle together. Enjoy!
(Statesman)
The ship, Statesman, that had carried the Asgardian survivors of Ragnarok…was in ruins. Half of the Asgardians were dead, killed by the Black Order and Gnaw, while the others were allowed the flee, led by Brunnhilde aka Valkyrie and the former gladiators Korg and Miek. All that remained of the Asgardians were Thor, Loki and Heimdall, as well as the Hulk.
"Hear me and rejoice! You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan. You may think this is suffering. No... It is salvation." Ebony Maw declared to the dead Asgardians as he walked past a wounded Heimdall. He joined the other Black Order members who had surrounded Loki. "Smile, for even in death…you have become children of Thanos."
Dragging Thor across the floor was Thanos, gripping the new King of Asgard by his head. He walked up to his children, with Gnaw joining them. Looking at Thor, Thanos said, "I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail, nonetheless. It's frightening, turns the legs to jelly. I ask you to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now it's here. Or should I say, I am."
"An interesting theory, Thanos." Quintessa said as she floated down towards the Mad Titan. "Though, I suppose there is some truth to it."
"A Cybertronian?" Loki questioned, shifting his gaze between Gnaw and Quintessa. "I would've never imagined I see their kind, let alone with you."
"Quintessa and I have a history. Plus, unlike some others I could name, she can actually carry out on her promises." Thanos explained. "After all, how else do you think we tracked the Space Stone to here?"
"Space Stone? I'm afraid I have no idea what you mean." Loki claimed, his face neutral and not showing anything. However, that made Proxima hold him at knifepoint.
"You may as well stop with the lying. I tracked the Infinity Stone's energy signature to this ship." Quintessa explained. She then looked at Thor then at Thanos. "But if you require encouragement…"
Nodding, Thanos proceeded to activate the Power Stone and torture Thor. The God of Thunder tried to resist but started to yell in pain as Thanos inflicted pain on him. Loki tried to show lack of empathy towards Thor's plight. However, he eventually conceded and stepped forward. "Stop!" He exclaimed, getting Thanos' attention. Raising his hand, Loki deactivated his spell and revealed the Tesseract to the onlookers. Despite the pain going away, Thor could only groan in dismay.
"Don't worry brother." Loki said reassuringly. "We'll survive this."
"Your optimism is noted, though misplaced Asgardian." Thanos said as he made his way to take the Tesseract.
"Well for one thing, I'm not an Asgardian." Loki corrected.
Thanos cocked his head, a bit surprised as he recalled the times Loki claimed to be one. However, Loki wasn't done. "And for another, we have the Hulk."
On cue, said Avenger shot out from his hiding spot and tackled Thanos. Loki dropped the Tesseract and grabbed Thor, moving him out of the way. Quintessa moved to the side as Gnaw stood protectively in front of her. Hulk then proceeded to punch Thanos relentlessly, giving the Titan no chance to defend himself. Seeing this, Cull Obsidian appeared ready to come to his father's aid but was stopped by Ebony. "Wait, let him have his fun." Ebony said, confident in Thanos.
True enough, Thanos began his counterattack. Without the aid of the Power Stone or his children, the Mad Titan delivered a fury of punches, overwhelming the Hulk who had no time defend himself. Thanos finished it off by lifting the Hulk over his shoulders, and then slamming the green avenger hard against the ground. He was about to finish the Hulk off when Thor tried to attack him from behind, slamming a metal pipe hard against the Titan's head. Unfortunately, it didn't do a thing to Thanos. Quintessa then shot out lightning bolts from her fingertips and used them to telekinetically snag Thor, throwing him away from Thanos. Then, with a twirl of her hand, the metal around the God of Thunder began to shift and bind the Asgardian down, immobilizing him.
From the spot where he lay, Heimdall watched as his King was restrained and Hulk was facing death. Making his decision, Heimdall reached form the remains of Hofund, gripping its handle. "Allfathers, let the Dark Magic flow through me one last time."
Immediately, a rainbow beam flew out and covered the Hulk. The Black Order, Thanos, Quintessa and Gnaw watched on in surprise as Hulk was carried away by the Bifrost Bridge, taking him away from the Statesman and somewhere else. With his objective done, Heimdall watched as Thanos stood over him, taking Corvus's glaive. "That was a mistake." The Mad Titan said. The former Gatekeeper of Asgard could only give his distraught king one last look before Thanos stabbed the glaive through Heimdall's heart.
"NO~!" Thor yelled in horror as he watched his friend die, powerless to do anything. He then glared at Thanos. "You're going to die for that!" Thor growled before Ebony sealed Thor's mouth with metal.
With Heimdall dead, Thanos made his way over, letting Corvus retrieve his weapon. Ebony then knelt before his lord. In his hand was the Tesseract. "My humble personage bows before your grandeur. No other being has ever had the might, nay the nobility, to wield not one, but two Infinity Stones." Ebony said as Thanos took the Tesseract into his right hand. "The universe, lies within your grasp."
With a powerful squeeze, Thanos crushed the cube into tiny pieces. When he unfurled his fingers, all that was left of the Tesseract were bits of dust, and the Space Stone. Letting the remnants blow away, Thanos took the stone and carefully placed it into the Infinity Gauntlet. Just like with the Power Stone, a pulse of blue energy shot out and Thanos grunted as he felt the Space Stone's energy seep through him before relaxing.
Thanos took a moment to admire the Space Stone and then looked at Quintessa. The Cybertronian sorceress nodded. "Only three more stones remain. The Reality Stone is on Knowhere, the Time and Mind Stones are on Earth." Quintessa revealed.
The Mad Titan looked at his Black Order. "Go to Earth my children. Find them, and then bring them to me on Titan." Thanos ordered.
The four bowed. "Father, we will not fail you." Declared Proxima.
"If I might interrupt." Loki said, getting Thanos' attention. "You'll need a guide if you're going to Earth. I do have some experience in that area."
"I'm not sure if you can consider failure experience." Thanos commented mockingly.
"I consider experience, experience." Loki replied. He then approached Thanos. "Oh, mighty Thanos. I, Loki, Prince of Asgard, Odinson" He paused as he gave Thor a secret glance. "The rightful king of Jotunheim. God of Mischief." A knife was secretly conjured in his left hand. Thor saw this and realized what his brother was planning. "Do here by pledge to you, my undying fidelity." Loki lowered his head, breathing carefully so to show nothing, and then lunged his knife at Thanos' neck…
Only for Thanos stop the knife with the Space Stone. By warping the fabricate of space, he generated a powerful spatial pressure that froze Loki's hand and knife, just inches from his throat. "Undying?" Thanos repeated, grabbing Loki's wrist and slowly move it away, despite Loki's attempt to break free. "You should choose your words more carefully."
After disarming the trickster god, Thanos grabbed Loki by the neck and lifted him up. Loki tried to break free, struggling desperately but to no avail. In fact, Thanos looked amused almost. He then turned his attention to Thor. The God of Thunder's eye was wide with horror, as if begging Thanos to let Loki go. Instead he looked back at Loki who was struggling to breath.
"You… will… never be... a god." Loki gasped, his face turning blue.
Thanos smiled cruelly before gleefully snapping Loki's neck. Thor cried out, watching once again as another person dear to him was taken from him, being powerless to stop it. Still holding Loki by the neck, Thanos walked up to Thor before dropping the God of Mischief's corpse in front of the Asgardian King. "No resurrection this time." Thanos said to Thor, who could not tear his eye away from Loki's corpse.
"If we're done here." Quintessa said as she floated beside Thanos. "I believe we should go now."
"Agreed" Thanos said as his children and Gnaw gathered around them. Raising the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos activated the Power Stone, overloading the Statesman with energy. He then used the Space Stone to open a portal to bring him, his children and allies out of the doom vessel. The metal holding Thor finally collapsed, allowing the grief-stricken, vengeance filled Asgardian to crawl up to his brother's body. "Loki…" Thor mourned as the ship exploded around him. Outside, Thanos' massive warship, the Sanctuary II, headed out. With it were dozens of Leviathans, Q-ships, Quintesson Cruisers and Warships, and thousands of Sharkticons in their animalistic looking hovercraft modes. Their next destination: Earth.
(Iacon City, Cybertron)
The Cybertronian city Iacon, was now fully rebuilt. Cybertronians were moving about, either working, patrolling or carefree. Young Cybertronians ran about with their parental units, for the first time free of worry when their next energon supply would be, or fear of attack. Simfur, Tyger Pax, Burthov and Metrotitan were also beginning to show signs of activity, and would be ready for inhabiting. Meanwhile scientists were starting theorize that hatchlings would be born soon with the increase of energon. Despite the Allspark being gone, Nova Prime's essence created a psuedo-cube underneath Iacon that would be able to create newborn Cybertronians, though at a slower rate. Thus, the blueprints of a birthing center were being made.
Meanwhile, flyers flew through the air of Iacon, patrolling the skies. To further increase the city's defenses, surrounding Iacon was a massive wall. It was fitted with sentry laser turrets, AA missile pods, watchtowers and had a built in energy field that extended about five miles. The only way into the city was the massive and heavily guarded door. The spaceports were filled with shuttles of all sizes, with a very large one hosting the Axalon, its crew on standby if action called. Near Autobot HQ was a large offline Space Bridge, being overseen by Grindcore and Perceptor.
At the Central Communication Tower, Magnus, followed by Lieutenant Skyhammer, made his way to the main room. "We've still haven't seen any new sightings of Decepticons, nor any luck finding their base. And I fear that the patrols are making the civilians uneasy." Skyhammer discussed.
"I don't like it either, but we're still in a dangerous position. Our forces are nowhere near large nor trained enough for us to expand out more through the planet. If the Decepticons managed to sneak a vanguard on the planet, then it is best we be prepared." Magnus explained.
"Is that why you're having us patrol some of their former cities, like Kaon?" Skyhammer asked.
"Exactly. They're the most logical places for them to try and set up a base on Cybertron." Answered Magnus. "We've also been picking up a strange signal from an abandoned base just a few miles from Iacon. I've dispatched Firestar and Moonracer to investigate it." He added as they arrived to the communication room. The large room was filled with Autobots at work. Some were delivering reports, while others were at their seats, going through various transmissions in the Solar System and from patrols on Cybertron outside the city.
"Blaster, has there been any news regarding the Decepticons?" Magnus asked the Autobots' foremost expert in radio communication.
Said mech was a red and grey mech with a yellow chestplate. Blaster had landed on Earth not to long after Cybertron had been restored and scanned a Toyota Corella (E210). He took a liking to Earth's music but eventually returned to Cybertron to help with communications of Iacon's defenses, as well as with the Autobots still on Earth. As the only Autobot able to counter Soundwave, Blaster was a necessary part in their defenses.
"Nah, nothing yet, Magnus, besides that distress signal we got a while ago. Already sent that to Prime. Everything else are just boring transmissions from outside the solar system." Blaster said. "Slag, what I'd give for some high-grade right now."
"No drinking while on duty, Blaster." Magnus scolded. "There is no telling when the Decepticons might strike. We can't risk losing Cybertron after just getting it back. Even with the drones were managed to manufacture, we're still low on troops."
"Yeah, yeah" Replied Blaster as he went back to his screen. He let out a sigh from his noseplate as he continued monitoring transmissions. Suddenly, he went stiff, his optics shuttering as his sensors picked something up. "Whoa! I'm getting some mad signals here!" Blaster yelled, getting Magnus's attention. "This is some whacked up beats."
"Is it Decepticons?" Magnus asked, standing behind Blaster.
"Parts of the signal is Cybertronian, but an't nothing like what Decepticons use." Replied Blaster as he tried to focus in on the source. "Also, there's another signal getting into the mix, but I don't have a clue what it is."
"Skyhammer, have all aerial forces be on standby for possible invasion." Magnus ordered the sky commander.
"Understood" Skyhammer responded with a firm salute. He then took off out of the building.
"Can we get a visual of the source?" Magnus asked Blaster.
"Nope, nuthin. Best I can do is track where they're going." Blaster informed. "But I don't think they're heading for Cybertron, Magnus." Commented Blaster. "Judging from the signal, looks like they are heading towards Earth."
Magnus swore. "Teleetran-1, Contact the Moon Base. Tell them of what's going on and see if they can get visual confirmation." Magnus ordered the AI who had been installed into the city's systems.
(Autobot Moon Base)
Consisting of leader Camshaft, Rollbar, Dune Runner, Smokescreen, Cosmos, Hubcap, newcomers Bumper, Red Alert, Slap Dash and Arctus. Bumper transformed into a red and blue Porsche 718 Boxster, Red Alert scanned a white and red Lamborghini Huracan, Slap Dash turned into an orange-yellow Noble M600 and Arctus possessed a grayish silver AEV 3 Kodiak alt mode. The moon base had been set up to recover any remains of the Ark that Omega Supreme might've left behind, as well as act as an outpost for possible future invasions. Sky Lynx would also serve as transportation for the team too.
"Red Alert! In the name of the Primes, calm your processor already." Camshaft exclaimed as he looked away from his console. The security bot had been complaining in paranoia for the past one Earth hour. It had begun to get on the lieutenant's processor. Near him, Dune Runner and Rollbar were checking on the north and east sides of the moon respectively.
"But, but Camshaft. This base has zero defenses! What if a Decepticon strike force comes? Or an infiltrator manages to sneak inside?" The white and red mech panicked.
"It does have defenses. A cloak and advanced scanners. Anyone coming several miles away will be detected. Plus, we have an underground shelter that could survive the moon exploding. If we add anything else, the human governments would give us slag about it." Camshaft explained.
"I find it weird that we're still giving into their demands even though we saved their world so many times. Plus, why are we still defending this planet anyway? Cybertron is restored." Bumper asked as he came inside the base. The red and blue rookie was carrying a crate underneath his arms. He and Cosmos had just returned from salvaging parts from Omega's old crash site.
"Optimus's orders. With Earth's core being Unicron, we can't risk something happening." Camshaft said.
"Besides" Cosmos said from the upper level of the outpost. "There is even a less chance of the Decepticons come since they'll be more focus on Cybertron than Earth. Just relax, Red Alert."
Red Alert rolled his optics. "Well, excuse me if I'm just taking account of every possibility." The security officer replied sarcastically.
"Camshaft!" A voice from outside the base called. Standing near the long-range satellite dish was the short, bulky grey Arctus with Smokescreen beside him. "We're getting a message from Cybertron."
Camshaft stopped what he was doing and headed over to the tower. "This is Autobot Moon Outpost. Lieutenant Camshaft here."
:Camshaft, we're picking up a Cybertronian signal of unknown origins heading towards Earth. Do you see anything from where you are?: Magnus voice asked.
"One sec, sir." Camshaft replied. "Smokescreen, are the scanners picking anything up?"
:No, no, nothing. I'm not seeing anything.: Smokescreen answered. There was a pause before he began speaking again. :Wait, wait! I'm getting something, a lot of somethings. It's like they appeared out of nowhere. Oh slag! They're nearly on top of us:
At that moment a large shadow engulfed the Autobots and the outpost. Looking up, the bots saw two massive Q-ships flying over them. "What the scrap are those?!" Slap Dash yelled as he gazed out of the outpost. The vessels were completely ignoring them as they headed towards Earth. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said for the dozens of Sharkticons. Still in their hover battleship forms, the cannibals opened fire with their proton torpedoes. The first wave destroyed the communication tower, knocking Camshaft, Cosmos and Arctus on their backs. More projectiles struck the outpost, damaging and causing some of the Autobots to lose their footing. Cosmos wasn't so fortunate as the spherical-shaped Autobot was blasted off into space, the explosion sending him flying away from the moon.
"Cosmos!" Yelled Camshaft who managed to recover. However, there was no time to help the green Autobot as the Sharkticons were preparing another run. Quickly, the one-optic Autobot helped Arctus up. "Back to the outpost! Get to the bunker, now!" He yelled as the Sharkticons prepared for another bomb run. "Bumper! We need to tell Optimus about this! Message him, quickly!" Camshaft ordered as he and the others made a dash for the outpost.
"U-understood sir!" Bumper stumbled as he headed to the console. Red Alert, Dune Runner and Rollbar were opening the underground bunker door. Meanwhile, Smokescreen was preparing some of his equipment. By then the Sharkticons had finished locking on the outpost, firing another salvo. Camshaft had just shut the door when the torpedoes hit. The impacts released explosions that consumed the outposts. The Sharkticons, their job finished, took off and rejoined with the others.
(Greenwich Village, New York City)
Adam and Izabelle were walking through the Village. It was the morning, nearing the afternoon and so far, the Yeagers had been to almost every part of New York City, including the Time Square, Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building. Now they were in Queens with their Autobot escorts, which included Bumblebee, Evac, Arcee and Cogman with Evac having scanned a blue 2018 Jeep Wrangler JK model. Cogman had activated a holo-guise to make him look like a middle-age Caucasian man wearing a butler suit.
The family had just done a group photo in front of the Washington Square Arch. As Cade was thanking the man who took their photo, the others discussed of where to go next. Cogman had gone off to try and find some new furniture or curtains for the castle to bring back. "I'd like to head to the Stonewall Inn. My mom told me she took part in the Stonewall Riots back in 1969 when she was a teenager." Adam said.
"Your mother was a supporter of gay and lesbian rights?" Viviane asked. She didn't sound disgusted, more curious.
"Hey, my Mom never really saw the difference between people who were attracted to the opposite sex and those attracted to the same. In fact, you be surprised how many Cybertronians are bonded with the same gender too." Adam added.
Off to the side were the other three Autobots in their alt modes. While Arcee was keeping her sensor on their human charges, the two mechs had their sensors around them. Suddenly, they picked up a transmission from Diego Garcia, re-opened as the main Earth Autobot/NEST base. :This is Optimus Prime to all Autobots on Earth! We've just lost contact with the Moon Outpost. Last transmission was of several spacecrafts entering Earth's atmosphere. Report any sightings of strange anomalies immediately: Ordered Prime.
As if on que, the wind around the area began to pick up, sending debris flying. People began to scream as they fled the source of the occurrence, which was a massive circular ship hovering above the city, just a few blocks away from where the Autobots were. "Uh, Optimus. I think we found it." Evac reported back. Immediately, the three Autobots transformed into their robot forms as their charges ran over towards them. Cogman had deactivated his holo-guise, mentally calling his new Aston Martin DB11 AMR body.
Cade ran up to them. "Please, please tell me that's one of yours?" Cade asked as he pointed at the massive ship.
"Definitely not one of ours. I can't think of any Cybertronian designing a ship like that." Evac said. "Bee and I will go and investigate. Arcee, you and Cogman escort them back to the Steelhaven. Then rejoin us as soon as you can. I have a feeling this will get messy." The young knight ordered before he and Bumblebee transformed and took off. The humans and Nova Prime quickly got into the Aston before heading towards Hudson River, where the Steelhaven was hidden underneath.
(With Tony Stark)
Stark had been having a good day so far. He and Potts were taking a little stroll in Central Park, discussing about their upcoming wedding, maybe even children. Then it started to go downhill when suddenly a magic portal opened in the middle of Central Park. Coming out was someone named Doctor Stephan Strange, claiming to be a wizard and said Stark was needed. It was only when Tony's friend, Bruce Banner, appeared next did Stark follow Strange. After that, Stark got the summary of events:
"From the dawn of the universe, there was nothing. Then... boom. The Big Bang sent six elemental crystals, hurtling across the virgin universe. These Infinity Stones each control an essential aspect of existence: Mind, Space, Power, Reality, Soul…" Wong explained.
"And Time, which is under our protection." Strange added.
Stark took that all in before asking Banner, "What's his name again?"
"Thanos. He's a plague, Tony. He invades planets. He takes what he wants, wipes out half the population. He sent Loki, and the attack on New York, that's him." Banner said.
Letting out a sigh, Stark looked around. "This is it... What's our timeline?"
"No telling. He has the Power and Space Stone, and this Quintessa has the Soul Stone. That already makes him the strongest creature in the whole universe." Explained Banner.
"And what about Quintessa? What's her threat level?" Stark asked.
"She's a Cybertronian. They're a race that have been on Earth since it's beginning. One of the few beings immune to the Infinity Stones due to being formed from the primordial entity, Primus. The Time stone was entrusted to the first Sorcerer Supreme by Alchemist Prime, one of the original leaders of Cybertron." Wong explained. "Recently, a faction, the Autobots, have formed an alliance with humanity and have regained their homeworld. Quintessa is their enemy, which explains why she allied with Thanos to help him get the stones."
"Well, if Thanos needs all six, why not just throw this one down the garbage disposal?" Stark asked, pointing to the Time Stone.
"No can do." Strange turned down the idea immediately.
"We swore an oath to protect the Time Stone with our lives." Backed up Wong.
"Also, this could be our best chance against Thanos." Strange added.
"Or his best chance against us." Stark argued.
"The fact is, we have this stone. And Vision as the Mind Stone somewhere out there, and we need to find him now!" Said Banner.
Stark coughed uncomfortably. "Yeah, that's the thing. Two weeks ago, Vision turned off his transponder. He's offline." He revealed
Banner was obviously shocked. "What?! Tony you lost another super-bot?"
"I didn't lose him, he's more than that. He's evolving." Stark said.
"Who could find Vision?" Strange cut in.
"Probably Steve Rogers." Answered Stark. "Maybe. The thing this…the Avengers broke-up. Cap and I fell on hard. We're not on speaking terms."
Banner walked up to Stark. "Tony, listen to me. Thor is gone and Thanos is coming. It doesn't matter who you're talking to or not. We need to find Vision before Thanos does." Banner explained.
Stark appeared to be ready to make the call when the screaming and a large rumbling sound caught their attention. Running out, he, Banner, Strange and Wong watched as the massive Q-ship levitated above the city. It was thanks to Strange that the powerful winds from the ship were neutralized. That allowed the four to meet their foes: Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian. The former began to speak. "Hear me and rejoice. You are about to die at the hand of the children of Thanos. Be thankful that your meaningless lives are now contributed to the balance–" Ebony's heralding was ended by Stark.
"I'm sorry, Earth is closed today! You better pack it up and get out of here!" Stark shouted.
Irritated, Ebony looked at Strange. "Stonekeeper, does this chattering animal speak for you?" Ebony Maw asked the sorcerer.
The Sorcerer shook his head. "Certainly not, I speak for myself. You're trespassing on this city and on this planet." Strange declared, manifesting twin Tao Mandalas, followed by Wong.
"It means get lost Squidward!" Ordered Stark.
Anything else was cut off by the sound of car engines. Turning around Stark saw a, stylish if he might add, blue Jeep Wrangler and a yellow black stripped Camaro heading towards them. The surprise increased when the 'vehicles' transformed into large robots stopping just a few feet away from them. The blue one revealed a pair of wrist-held blasters, while the yellow one's right arm morphed into a cannon.
"Uh, Tony, these friends of yours?" Banner asked Stark.
Before Stark could respond, Ebony spoke. "Ah, Autobots. So glad you could join us. Quintessa sends her regards."
Evac's and Bumblebee's optics widened at the name. Looking at one another and then back at the Black Order members before looking at the four humans. "I understand that introductions haven't been fully made, but perhaps we should push questions aside until the matter before us is dealt with." Evac suggested.
The two Avengers and sorcerers looked at one another. Unable to argue, they decided to take the Autobots' help. Ebony did not seem to be the least bit faze. Snapping his fingers, twelve Sharkticons descended from the Q-Ship. Transforming, they took on their robot forms. Grey, purple and aqua mechs around the same height as the two Autobots, they had several shark-like features, including razor sharp dentas and equally sharp claws with fins on their heads. They had tails with mace-shaped tips banging against the ground. Their red optics zoomed in on the six targets.
"Ruh roh" Scooby Doo's voice coming from Bumblebee said as the yellow mech looked at the Sharkticons. The Avengers and Sorcerers were also surprised by the sudden enemy reinforcements.
"Flying robot space fish. Definitely one of the top 10 weirdest things I've seen." Stark commented.
"Sharkticons, deal with the Autobots." Ebony ordered. "Cull, retrieve the stone."
Cull Obsidian let out a grunt as he lifted his Chained Hammer and began making his way towards the humans and Autobots. The Sharkticons growled as they revealed their forearm-mounted laser blasters.
"Banner you want a piece?" Stark asked Bruce.
Bruce looked at him and then at Obsidian. "Not really, but since when do I ever get what I want?" He asked rhetorically.
"That's what I thought." Stark said calmly. "Be good to have you back buddy." As he waited for Banner to transform into the Hulk.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. At first Bruce's skin turned green for a moment but then rescinded. This earned some odd looks from the Autobots and sorcerers as Banner grunted in order to transform, but to no avail. Stark noticed the stares and looked at Bruce. "Dude, your embarrassing me in front of the wizards and robots."
Bruce gasped as his skin returned to normal. "I-I don't know, he just doesn't want to come out…"
"Okay, okay. Why don't you just sit this one out. Can you watch him?" Stark gently pushed Banner back, protected by Wong. He then turned his focus on Obsidian who was now charging at them. Pressing the chest piece, nanites began to swarm out, covering Tony's entire body until he was now inside a new Iron Man Armor, the Mark L. As Obsidian brought his hammer down, Tony materialized a shield from his right arm, blocking the blow. With his left fist, Iron Man struck Cull in the jaw, causing the larger foe to stagger back. Following it up, Iron Man activated his Iron Cannon, firing two laser cannons on both hands and four more from his back. All six shots focused on a singular point and fired a powerful laser beam that sent Obsidian flying. He would've hit Ebony if the telekinetic being didn't alter Cull's angle to crash into some cars.
"Where'd that come from?" Banner asked,
"It's nanotech. You like it?" Stark asked.
Bumblebee let out several beeps as he pointed ahead. Turning around the Sharkticons charged at them, some firing their forearm-mounted laser blasters at the humans and Autobots. Acting quickly, Evac revealed his right-shoulder mounted cluster rocket launcher. Taking aim, the blue mech fired. The projectile hit one Sharkticon, dispersing the mini-cluster bombs that detonated seconds later, killing two more Sharkticons and injuring a third. The remaining Sharkticons lunged at the Autobots, who shielded the humans from the tackle. The two mechs rolled backwards as they wrestled with their opponents. Bumblebee managed to push his opponent off before ramming his plasma cannon into another Sharkticon's chestplate. Firing a powerful bolt, the mech was torn apart.
Ebony Maw was not remaining on the sidelines. Using his telekinesis, he sent Iron Man flying into the air before focusing on the sorcerers. Raising debris around him, Ebony fired the projectiles at Strange and Wong. The latter immediately got to the front and conjured a magical shield to hold back the attack. Turning to Banner, Strange said, "Mr. Banner if the rest of your green friend won't be coming…" Using the Sling Ring, he sent Banner and unintentionally a piece of a taxi through a portal to the Washington Square Park.
Back with the Autobots, they were still duking it out with the Sharkticons. One of them fired his laser blaster at Bumblebee, forcing the yellow bot to use a car as a makeshift shield. Bumblebee than charged at the Sharkticon. He rammed the drone into a building. Ignoring its flaying claws as it tried to break free, Bumblebee began bashing the damaged car against the Sharkticon's head, before being tackled by another drone. The second drone struck Bumblebee with its flail tail, sending the yellow mech rolling backwards. The Sharkticons once again fired their laser blasters, chipping away some of Bumblebee's armor. But he recovered quickly, firing his missiles at the Sharkticons. They killed one of the drones and heavily damaged the other. Then firing his grappling hook, Bumblebee impaled the second drone through the head, killing it.
With Evac, he was struggling a bit more as three Sharkticons were ganging up on him. He had just punched one of the drones away when a second one latched onto his back. Opening its jaw, the Sharkticon bit down on Evac's left shoulder. "Argh!" The Autobot yelled as he tried to shake the drone off him, feeling the teeth chew through his armor and into his wires. After a few seconds, Evac had managed to grab the Sharkticon and throw it off, sending it crashing into the third Sharkticon. Activating his wrist concussion blasters, the blue mech fired at his opponents. He killed one of the drones, while the other two scattered. Evac transformed and raced after the Sharkticons, who fired their laser blasters at the Autobot. However, the young knight easily avoided them before performing a transformation/leap at the drones. Tackling one Sharkticon, Evac fired both of his concussion blasters at the second one, blowing it up in the process. The Autobot and drone rolled across the street until Evac managed pin the Sharkticon down. The drone thrashed wildly underneath him, scratching and punching Evac. The blue Autobot ignored the blows and instead focused on impaling his fists into the Sharkticon's chestplate, tearing through its wires and circuits, putting it offline.
Evac's victory was short live as Iron Man flew over him. A claw was wrapped around him, which was attached to a chain as Iron Man crashed into the park. Evac watched as the chain was retracted and spun around to see Cull charging towards him. Firing his concussion blasters, the attack was deflected when Cull turned his hammer into a shield, deflecting the beams. The large Black Order member then changed his weapon back into a hammer before smashing it against Evac's left leg. Despite being bigger, Cull's strength was enough to severely damage Evac's limb, forcing the Autobot to the ground. Cull ignored him as he continued towards Iron Man, two of the remaining three Sharkticons following behind him.
"Bumblebee! I've been wounded. Go and assist the human wearing armor!" Evac said as his internal repair system got to work.
:Roger that!: Bumblebee replied as he headed towards the park.
Back with Iron Man, he had pushed Banner out of the way when Cull's hammer nearly crushed them. Then he engaged the alien, firing his Repulsion beams only for them to be deflected by Cull's shield. The large alien then swung his hammer at Iron Man, knocking Stark against the ground. He then charged and brought his hammer down on Iron Man, only to stop. Holding the weapon back was Peter Parker AKA Spider-Man. "Hey man!"
Turning to his mentor figure, Spider-Man asked, "What's up Mr. Stark?"
"Kid, where you'd come from?" Iron Man asked.
"Field trip to MOMA!" Spider-Man said/yelled halfway before being tossed aside by Cull. The battle resuming, Iron Man took to the air again and fired at Cull, who merely shrugged it off as he tried to hit Iron Man.
Quickly recovering, Spider-Man got back into the fight."Uh, what is this guy's problem, Mr. Stark?" Peter asked during the fight.
"He's from space, and he came here to steal a necklace from a wizard." Answered Tony as he fired another blast at Cull. The large Black Order member threw the taxi part at Tony, who dodged it. Swinging, Spider-Man fired another web at the taxi, grabbing it and throwing it right back at Cull. That's when the Sharkticons came charging in, firing their weapons at Iron Man. "Oh, and he brought some robot fish with him too." Iron Man added as he dodged the laser beams.
One of the Sharkticons lunged at Spider-Man, who quickly swung away and avoided its teeth. Instead, all they took a bite of was the concrete, leaving a hole in it. "Holy shit! How sharp are those things?!" Exclaimed Parker.
"Boss, those teeth can bite through your armor. If they get their hands on the kid, he's done for." FRIDAY, Stark's AI, said.
"Have Item 17A ready for launch." Iron Man ordered as he continued fighting Cull.
The Sharkticons were still pursuing Spider-Man when Bumblebee came driving into the scene. Accelerating, the yellow bot charged towards the drones before transforming, tackling one of them. With the drone pinned, Bumblebee rammed his plasma cannon into the Sharkticon's mouth and fired, blowing it into pieces. The other two drones moved their attention from Spider-Man and focused on Bumblebee. Said superhero looked on amazement. "Whoa! Did that robot just transform from a car?!" He yelled.
"Yeah! Talking cars are the good guys!" Stark replied as he fired a repulsor blast at Obsidian, making the Black Order member hiss in pain.
It was that moment an unconscious Doctor Strange came flying by, carried by his cloak of levitation. Following him was Ebony, levitating off the air. "Kid, that's the wizard! Go get him!" Iron Man said as he blocked a blow from Cull.
"On it!" Spider-Man yelled as he swung off after Strange. Bumblebee had just killed the second Sharkticon and incapacitated the third before following behind Spider-Man, transforming to his alt mode. The duo was chasing after Maw who continued to pursue the unconscious Strange. The telekinetic saw the boy and Autobot and sent a billboard sign at them. Bumblebee managed to avoid the sign, but Spider-Man got hit dead on. Fortunately, the young teen recovered a continued the chase. "Not cool…" He muttered.
Ebony turned his attention back on Strange, bending several street lamp to grab the cloak. He eventually managed to snag the sentient cloak off of Strange and would've grabbed the man if Bumblebee wasn't firing at him. Levitating several cars as shields, Maw watched as Spider-Man managed to grab the unconscious wizard. Maw snarled as he activated the Q-ship's tractor beam. A blue light shot down from the large vessel and began pulling Strange up. Spider-Man, in an attempt to pull Strange out of the beam, grabbed onto a lamp post. That was the last straw as Ebony ripped the lamp from the ground, causing both Strange and Spider-Man to be pulled up. Maw then launched his makeshift shields at Bumblebee, forcing the yellow Autobot to dodge them. That allowed Maw to escape towards the Q-ship.
"Uh, Mr. Stark! I'm being beamed up!" Spider-Man shouted through the installed comms.
(Back with Iron Man)
"Hang on kid!" Iron Man shouted as he continued fighting Cull.
It was that moment the final Sharkticon managed to recover from Bumblebee's attack and was firing its laser blaster at Stark. Thus, Iron Man was forced to dodge two opponents at once, which eventually became to much as Cull launched the upper part of his hammer into a snare, trapping Iron Man who crashed on the ground. Transforming the lower portion into a blade on his arm, Cull lunged at Iron Man, ready to deliver the final blow. The alien was not prepared, though, when Wong opened a portal that sent Cull to the Arctic. The Black Order member tried to escape, only for Wong to close the portal on him, severing his left forearm.
The Sharkticon was not remaining silent as it lunged at Wong and Banner. It was stopped when Evac, whose leg had recovered, fired his wrist-mounted concussion blasters at the drone, tearing it to pieces. Iron Man was finally able to break free. "Wong! Mr. blue car! You're both invited to my wedding!" Stark declared before taking off after Spider-Man.
A few minutes later, Bumblebee returned. The yellow mech let out depress whistles at his failure to save Strange. "Nothing we can do about it, Bee. We'll just have to contact Optimus and tell him what happened." Evac said, trying to reassure his fellow Autobot.
"Um, excuse me." Banner's voice caught their attention. Looking down, the scientist tentatively approached them. Wong had already returned to the Sanctum, to guard it with Strange captured. In the doctor's hand was the cellphone Stark was holding. "Do you think you guys would mind giving me a lift? There's a place I need to get to." Banner said.
Evac and Bumblebee looked at one another before shrugging. As Evac contacted Optimus and the other Autobots and NEST, Bumblebee transformed and opened his doors for Banner. Next stop: New Avengers Facility.
There you have it folks! First tag team of Autobots and Avengers. I hoped you enjoyed it. Don't forget to leave a review!