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After dealing with Trypticon taking over the Nemesis and obtaining four decoded Iacon coordinates from him, Team Prime and the Hexside Squad were discussing their next course of action.
"Okay, Optimus, what do you think we should do?" Luz asked.
"If we are to have any hope of recovering the Iacon relics before the Decepticons do, we must divide our resources." Optimus said.
"But, Optimus, when it comes to numbers, we are already at a grave disadvantage." Ratchet reminded.
"Under the circumstances, swiftness of action is paramount. This is one race that we absolutely cannot afford to lose." Optimus announced.
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Meanwhile, the Nemesis continued to fly above Los Angeles while hiding in the clouds to avoid detection. Megatron was informing Soundwave of his plan to recover the relics as the communication Decepticon worked at the terminals.
"Dispatching multiple squadrons will enable us to pursue all four coordinates simultaneously." Megatron said before Knock Out and Breakdown walked through the entrance with a squad of Vehicons miners.
"Lord Megatron, we've assembled the mining detail you requested for the first set of coordinates." Breakdown informed.
"Me, Breakdown and Wildrider have enjoyed our previous successes in retrieving Iacon relics. Even thought Wildrider isn't going to join us, I'll make sure that me and my big friend here will return with a new addition to our arsenal against the Autobots." Knock Out boasted proudly.
"This is a mission, not one of your racing excursions. Stop your priding!" Megatron ordered sternly, marching straight up to the Decepticon doctor. "Move quickly and operate with a surgeon's skill! Do you understand me, Knock Out?!"
"Heheh. Explicitly, Lord Megatron." Knock Out replied, smiling in a nervous way.
"Don't worry, master. I'll make sure he behaves himself." Breakdown reassured.
"I'm in charge of this operation. I don't need a babysitter." Knock Out retorted.
"Now, since Wildrider will be aiding Soundwave in his mission and the unfortunate loss of Brawl has slightly reduced our advantage in raw strength, the two of you will require appropriate support." Megatron explained.
When Knock Out and Breakdown heard footsteps behind them, they both turned around and were surprised to see an Insecticon staring down at them.
"Oh, great." Breakdown muttered in sarcasm.
"How very…repellent." Knock Out added.
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Back at the Autobot base, the team was still discussing what to do for the first set of Iacon coordinates before Ratchet noticed something on the main console.
"Here's a twist. It would appear that the Decepticons have retreated from Los Angeles." Ratchet told the others.
"Wait, seriously?" Wheeljack questioned.
"They just up and left?" Arcee asked, a bit surprised.
"It is more likely that Megatron has already set course for the second set of coordinates, having dispatched a unit to this relic's underground location." Optimus assumed.
"Without busting up a city block to get to it?" Cliffjumper asked.
"They must've used the subway tunnels." Luz replied, earning the Autobots attention. "There's a small network of them underneath Los Angeles. It's obvious the relic could be in there."
"Since the human population no longer seems to be directly threatened, maintaining our disguise will be necessary." Optimus said before he turned to three of his Autobots. "Arcee, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, you are the best choices to navigate through such a densely populated area."
"Optimus, Los Angeles is filled with three million people. The odds of at least one of them spotting a giant robot is pretty high." Luz said warningly. "Even if they're going underground. Plus, the whole city recovered from a so-called invasion of robot frogs and giant water fowls five months ago."
"Where're you going with this?" Arcee asked.
"You're going to need someone who can help keep your cover and speak on your behalf if we run into anyone in the subways." Luz explained, gesturing to herself.
"And just in case, I'll take along for backup." Amity said, grabbing hold of her girlfriend's hand and making her blush.
"Well, I've learned how to keep secret things out of sight and it isn't the first time I've been in tunnels." Willow admitted as she stepped forward. "And let's not forget that Luz went to Cybertron without any of us. She could use some help from a few of her Witch friends."
"We did defend the Space Bridge from Megatron while Luz was still on the other side." Amity reminded.
"Yeah, and he ended up breaking your arm." Willow replied. "Not that I'm trying to reopen personal wounds."
"Agent Fowler's field experience makes him our best candidate." Optimus said as he turned to the special agent, who laid down on a medical bed to recover from what happened earlier.
"BUAAANANA FISH!" Fowler yelled out before immediately falling unconscious again.
"If he weren't still recovering from his encounter with Trypticon." Ratchet admitted.
"Who we managed to survive, without any injuries." Willow reminded.
"Very well. Luz, Amity and Willow will accompany Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper." Optimus declared after a short amount of thinking.
"Great. Come on, Ghost." Amity called to her Palisman, who slept on the hangout platform's sofa with the others. "We're gonna need you."
"You too, Clover." Willow added.
Ghost and Clover woke up and they rushed over to their owners, placing themselves on their shoulders.
"Make sure you girls come back with that relic." Gus said.
"We will, Gus." Luz reassured.
"Initiate transport, and triangulate coordinates of the other three relics." Optimus ordered Ratchet.
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At Los Angeles, a Ground Bridge appeared in an alleyway and Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper drove out of it. Luz and Amity were paired with their Autobot Guardians while Willow was riding in Bumblebee. The three girls looked around and were amazed by the large buildings they saw in this city.
"Wow, this place is bigger than I thought it would be." Luz commented.
"It's no Cybertron, but it's still amazing." Amity added.
"As much as I wanna have a tour of this place, we've got a relic to find." Cliffjumper reminded.
"Alright, Luz, how do we get underground?" Arcee asked.
"Well, we're gonna need to enter the subway in a place that people won't look at." Luz answered.
Just then, Bumblebee beeped his horn while parked in front of a railing and the others approached him and Willow. The Plant Witch directed the gang towards a subway train track that came from a construction site bellow.
"Will that do?" Willow asked.
"Not many people pay attention to construction sites. This should be good enough for us to use." Luz said with a nod.
"Good to hear." Amity replied.
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Later on, Luz, Amity, Willow, Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper were walking their way through the subway tunnels in search of the relic with Ghost and Clover beside their owners. Luz quickly noticed Bumblebee was about to step on a part of the train track that was emitting electricity.
"Bumblebee, don't move!" Luz called out, making the yellow Autobot stop before he could place his foot on the electricity.
"What's the matter?" Bumblebee asked.
"The third rail. It carries electricity to power the subway trains." Luz explained.
"If you step on it, you'll get electrocuted to death." Amity warned.
"Thanks for telling me that." Bumblebee replied, moving his foot away from the third rail.
"How'd you know that, Luz?" Cliffjumper asked.
"She probably watched it on some TV channel about subways. She told me how they work last week." Amity answered as they continued to walk down the tunnel.
"That sounds nice." Willow muttered to herself.
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Meanwhile in another part of the subway tunnels, a Vehicon miner used a drill machine to make a huge hole in the wall before moving it away and allowing the other three Vehicons to advance into it. Knock Out and Breakdown stood beside to supervise their mission's progress.
"Scanners are definitely getting something in there. The miners should have that relic out soon." Breakdown told his teammate while holding a scanning device.
"Can you at least tell them to pick up the pace?" Knock Out questioned in complaint. "The humidity down here is threatening to corrode my undercarriage."
"Your paint job's the least of our concerns, Knock Out." Breakdown replied before he gestured to the Insecticon standing behind them.
"Must you hover?!" Knock Out asked rhetorically, very annoyed from hearing the bug-like Cybertronian's low growls.
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The Hexside/Autobot trio continued to walk down their area of the tunnels as Arcee held a scanning device to help detect where the relic was.
"Are we getting closer?" Luz asked.
"Triangulating the coordinates is one thing, but figuring out how to reach them through this maze is another." Arcee admitted.
"At this rate, we'll just keep going in circles and the Cons will grab that relic first." Amity admitted.
However, the group started to hill some distant drilling noises and they approached a small doorway that was emitting it.
"Does that sound like what I think it is?" Cliffjumper asked curiously.
"Drilling." Arcee answered.
"Should we go in and take a look?" Willow questioned.
However, curiosity got the better of Ghost and Clover as they quickly ran/flew into the doorway by themselves.
"Ghost, wait!" Amity called out.
"Clover, come back here!" Willow stated.
The three girls quickly ran after the Palisman while Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper watched them from their positions. Luz, Amity and Willow soon made it out of the other side and they caught up to Ghost and Clover.
"Ghost, don't run off like that." Amity said while frowning at her Palisman.
"That goes for both of you." Willow scolded. "We don't know if there's anyone else dow-"
The Plant witch girl was cut off when a bright light was flashed at them, causing Ghost and Clover to quickly hide behind their respective owners.
"Hey, who's there?" A girl's voice asked.
Luz, Amity and Willow had to cover their eyes from the light as they saw that it was coming from three individuals. They couldn't make out their appearances, but the middle figure seemed to be holding a phone that emitted a flashlight.
"Whoever you three are, you'd better tell us what you're doing down here." The second individual said, sounding quite firm.
"We were just…on a field trip with our school and we got lost in here." Willow answered with a nervous smile, making sure to hide her Witch ears behind her pigtails as Amity did the same.
"Really?" The third individual asked.
"I said we should've stayed close to the teacher, but our friend here insisted we should take a look in the subway tunnels." Amity said while gesturing to Luz.
"…My bad." Luz said while awkwardly rubbing the back of her head.
"We just need help finding a way out." Willow told the three strangers. "Do you think you could help us?"
The three individuals looked at each other for a moment before they came to a unanimous decision.
"Okay, we'll give you three a hand." The first individual said before turning her phone's flashlight off, revealing their appearances.
They appeared to be teenage girls like Luz, Amity and Willow but with separate appearances. The first girl appeared to be Thai-American with large messy brown hair, a pink and white t-shirt with a flame symbol, a yellow hoodie tied around her waist, and a pair of light blue jean shorts. The second girl had long blonde hair that reached her waist, a red tank top, a small purple skirt and a pair of dark-red shoes with some knee-high black socks. And finally, the third girl was Chinese-American girl who had short brown hair with a green hair clip in it, a green hoodie that was zipped up, a pair of blue cargo shorts and green trainers with white highlights.
"We were walking by ourselves in this place anyway." The blonde girl admitted. "We're trying to get to city district with all the cool shops."
"Just to be honest, it was only her idea to sneak onto the tracks without anyone seeing." The Chinese-American girl said, pointing at her blonde friend.
"Hey, it's not my fault all the stations were shut down for some random reason." The blonde girl retorted.
"It's cool, you two. So anyway, we'll help you three get out of these tunnels." The Thai-American girl said kindly.
"Thanks. I'm Luz Noceda, by the way." Luz introduced. "This is my awesome girlfriend, Amity Blight, and my cool friend, Willow Park."
"Hey." Willow greeted.
"You and pink-head here a thing?" The blonde girl asked before she put on a smile. "Man, that's pretty nice. I'm guessing things are going well with you two?"
"Extremely well." Amity said, giving her girlfriend a sweet smile.
"So, who are you three again?" Willow asked as they didn't know the names of their new human associates.
"I'm Anne. Anne Boonchuy." The Thai-American girl answered.
"Sasha Waybright." The blonde girl added.
"Marcy Wu." The Chinese-American girl introduced.
"Okay, how do we find our way out?" Luz asked.
"We could try hot-wiring that hunk of junk." Sasha replied as she pointed towards an outdated subway train a few miles ahead of them.
"Does it even work?" Amity questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Only one way to find out. Let's go." Marcy said before she suddenly fell down while trying to walk off, only to then stand back up with her face a bit dirty. "I'm okay!"
Luz, Amity and Willow blinked in a slightly surprised way before they turned towards Anne.
"It's alright, she does this a lot." Anne assured.
"You three ever ride a subway train before?" Sasha asked.
"Not really, but it should be fun." Willow replied.
As their new friends walked ahead to the subway train, the Hexside trio turned around to see Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper peeking out from the entrance they came from.
"We'll be okay." Luz whispered.
"Just go find that relic." Amity instructed, earning a nod from the Bots.
The group of six arrived in the subway train after a short amount of seconds and Sasha was underneath the controls to try and hot wire it.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing, Sasha?" Luz asked.
"Trust me, it's not the first time I've hot-wired a vehicle." Sasha said reassuringly. "I once did it with this flashy white car after I snook into the cinema to watch a movie my parents weren't okay with."
"Wait, what? You told us you paid a taxi to take you home." Anne replied as she and Marcy shot frowns at their friend.
"Hehe…I might've misinformed you about that." Sasha chuckled in nervousness.
"It's called lying." Amity corrected.
Sasha decided to just ignore her and focused on her hot-wiring operation. She then placed two wires together and the entire subway train started to light up, showing that it was fully functional.
"Looks like it still works." Willow remarked.
"Sweet. Now, let's try and steer our way out of this tunnel." Anne said as she approached the controls.
"Can I be the conductor?" Marcy asked with a grin.
"You don't even have a hat for it." Luz told her.
"A girl can always dream." Marcy commented.
Anne managed to get the subway train moving and she steered it along the tracks with the other girls standing beside her.
"So, why're you three heading to these shops?" Amity asked her new friends.
"It's my dad's birthday in three days and I wanna try getting him something great." Anne said. "I figured the mall ahead would have what I'm looking for."
"It took me a lot of convincing to have my parents book me a flight from Florida to here." Marcy admitted. "I'd never miss out on a birthday involving my besties."
"You three seem pretty happy around each other." Willow commented.
"Obviously. We've been friends since we were five-year olds." Sasha said. "Not to mention we've gone through a lot of intense things."
"More intense than that so-called 'Frog-vasion' thing that happened in this city?" Luz asked jokingly, not noticing the three teenage girls tense up a bit.
"Uh…yeah. Bust, some people are just calling it a hoax." Anne said, sweating a little bit.
"We saw it on the news." Amity replied.
"But compared to that, we've seen a lot of unusual things." Willow added.
"You're not the only ones." Marcy said with a slight laugh.
"Wait, are you three into really weird stuff?" Luz asked in curiosity.
"Not exactly. We basically got ourselves in some crazy place and it helped us grow as human beings." Anne answered. "But sometimes, we kinda wanna experience something like that again. It was all so amazing."
"Well, people have been spreading internet rumours about creepy things living in caves and tunnels like this one. That's probably something unnatural." Luz replied.
"You seriously think we'd believe all of that media junk?" Sasha asked jokingly. "They're obviously a bunch of scams."
"But I say that all the monster and alien sightings might actually be true." Marcy admitted with a smile.
"Psst. Luz, Amity." Willow's voice whispered from behind.
Luz and Amity turned around to see the Plant Witch girl gesturing to a back door at the bottom of the subway train. The two of them looked towards their three new friends and didn't really want to ditch them, but they needed to help their Autobot friends find the Cybertronian relic.
"Marc is making a good point, Sash. I'd kill to see if any of those mysterious legends are real in the world." Anne told her blonde friend, not noticing Luz and Amity sneaking away. "Didn't you hear about all those weather anomalies happening at the same time?"
"I saw real life tremors happening in the city streets, Boonchuy. How could I not know?" Sasha asked with a cool smile.
"Another I'm really into is the existence of aliens. There could really be life on Mars of distant planets that we don't even know about." Marcy theorised, slightly excited on the inside.
"That's some wild theories, Marcy." Anne replied.
Willow silently opened the door and this allowed her, Luz and Amity jump out of the subway train without any injuries. They looked back to see their new friends leaving on the train to a possible exit while Ghost and Clover emerged from behind their owners.
"If only they knew." Willow quipped.
"To be honest, I feel bad that we ditched those three." Luz said regrettably. "They were pretty cool."
"I know, Luz, but we've gotta help Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliff find that relic before the Decepticons do." Amity reminded.
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Speaking of Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, they continued to search for the relic as the female Autobot looked at her scanner.
"I'm picking up a locator beacon. The cons have unearthed the relic." Arcee told her teammates.
"Then we don't have a lot of time." Cliffjumper replied.
They rushed ahead and stopped in front of a wall that led to a left turn before bringing out their blasters. The three Autobots peeked down the turn and they saw Knock Out and Breakdown overseeing their mission progress while the Vehicon miners were in the giant hole they drilled.
"Is it there?" Breakdown asked, earning a nod from one of the Vehicons.
"Well, let me see if already." Knock Out said before he moved the Vehicons out of his way to get a better look.
Resting on a pile of rocks was a Cybertronian container that was just like the one that held the Spark Extractor, meaning that the relic was inside this one as well.
"We're not just gonna let those Cons walk away with the relic, right?" Cliffjumper asked, smiling enthusiastically.
"Not at all." Arcee answered. "Lock and load."
But unknown to the Autobots, the Insecticon was crawling on the celling behind them while growling down at it's prey. Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper heard the Insecticon and they turned around before dodging out of the way of it's attack. The Autobots began shooting their blasters at the Insecticon, which was unaffected and started firing it's own blaster at the Autobots. Knock Out, Breakdown and the Vehicons heard the shots and they rushed out the hole to see the Bumblebee getting smacked into the wall by the Insecticon. Arcee jumped ontop of the Insecticon and shot it with her blasters before Cliffjumper tackled it with all his might, only for the Insecticon to show no signs of injury as it kept fighting.
"Stupid Autobots." Breakdown scoffed before bringing out his hammer and charging towards his foes.
"Attack already!" Knock Out ordered the Vehicons, who began rushing towards the Autobots with Breakdown.
Cliffjumper saw Breakdown heading towards them and he quickly engaged the muscular. Breakdown attempted to swing his hammer down on Cliffjumper, who quickly avoided it and punched Breakdown back three times before blasting him.
"I'll get the relic!" Arcee stated as Bumblebee kept fighting the Insecticon.
"We'll handle these two, partner! Go grab it!" Cliffjumper encouraged before he was rammed into the wall by Breakdown.
Arcee ran ahead as the Vehicon miners fired their blasters at her, causing the female Autobot to fire back at them before she kicked down two Vehicon and decapitated the last one with her wrist blade. Once Arcee landed back on the ground, Knock Out struck her with his buzz saw blade and she collapsed to the ground.
"You have lovely features. Perfect for a painful little procedure I call the nip and tuck!" Knock Out stated sinisterly.
He thrusted his buzz saw blade at Arcee, who quickly dodged it and kicked Knock Out from behind as he ended up crashing into the Vehicon miners' bodies.
"Dodge and kick." Arcee quipped.
She rushed towards the relic container and attempted to pull it out of the rocks, but it wasn't moving out. The Insecticon climbed on the subway tunnel's ceiling and Bumblebee fired his blasters at it while avoiding the bug-like Cybertronian's attacks. Unfortunately, the Insecticon smashed Bumblebee into a wall and the yellow Autobot slowly fell down in a weakened state, seeing the Insecticon roar down at him before it punched him again. Cliffjumper managed to knock Breakdown away and saw that Bumblebee was unconscious with the Insecticon glaring down at him.
"Bee!" Cliffjumper exclaimed worriedly, aiming his blasters at the Insecticon.
But before he could do anything, Breakdown grabbed him from the back of his head and thrusted him straight into the ground while leaving a small crater in his possession. Cliffjumper looked up at Breakdown with a painful grown, while the muscular Decepticon smirked deviously at him.
"I would've preferred to crush Bulkhead's Spark, but you'll do." Breakdown said before punching Cliffjumper in the head.
Arcee was still trying to get the container out of the rocks, but she was electrocuted from behind and collapsed to the floor while Knock Out twirled his electric staff around.
"Shock and drop." The Decepticon doctor said.
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Meanwhile, Luz, Amity and Willow and their Palisman were walking through the subway tunnels to try and meet up with their Autobot friends. However, the three of them came across a fork in the tunnels.
"So, should we split up?" Willow asked.
"No way. I've seen enough horror movies to know that you should never split up when there's two paths." Luz proclaimed. "We've gotta stick together."
"I'm with you, Luz. Should we go left or right?" Amity asked.
"Seriously? You're just asking Luz again?" Willow asked in an annoyed tone, much to her friends' surprise. "Seriously, it's almost like I'm invisible to you two. You're both always wanting to do lovely things as a couple, but I'm mostly never dragged into any of your adventurous fun."
"Wait, Willow, are you saying you're feeling…left out?" Luz questioned in surprise.
"Maybe." Willow replied, looking away from her friends as Clover flew next to her.
"How long have you felt that way?" Amity asked.
"For a few weeks. I just thought you two would be too busy to talk about it." Willow said.
Luz and Amity looked at each other for a moment with Ghost sitting next to her owner's legs before they turned to Willow with sympathetic expressions.
"Willow, we're sorry if we made you feel like the runt of this group." Luz said. "But just because me and Amity have been doing so much together doesn't mean you're an outcast."
"Yeah, you're the reason Bulkhead got his memories back after he was hit with that living data and you helped us stop a living warship." Amity reminded. "You're amazing at what you do and you know it."
"Yeah…I guess so." Willow replied, slightly cheered up by their words.
"Lost, Huh?" A familiar voice questioned as the three of them saw Anne, Sasha and Marcy approach them with frowns, while the subway train was seen behind them.
"You figured that ditching us to find your field trip buddies was a good idea?" Sasha asked rhetorically.
"And I was just beginning to like you three." Marcy said with her arms crossed.
"Uh…does saying we're sorry help?" Luz asked, smiling awkwardly as Clover and Ghost slowly hid themselves.
"Not really." Anne answered while narrowing her eyes.
"…We should just tell them the truth." Willow admitted, much to Luz and Amity's disbelief.
"The truth?" Marcy repeated. "What do you mean?"
"Okay. The truth is…my pet snake slithered in here on his own and we're looking for him." Luz explained, making Amity facepalm herself in annoyance.
Their new friends looked at each other before turning back to the Hexside Trio.
"Do we look like we were born yesterday?" Sasha questioned.
"Yeah, I know a lie when I hear one." Anne added.
"The real truth. We're trying to stop a group of evil alien robots from digging up a powerful artefact so they can use it to destroy the world." Willow explained.
"I know that it sounds ridiculous, but it's the truth." Amity told the three human girls. "You three need to trust us or we're all going to be in serious danger."
There was a small moment of silence in the tunnels as Anne, Sasha and Marcy processed what their new friends had just said to them. In the end, Anne just shrugged in a casual way.
"Okay, we believe you." Anne said.
"Wait, you do?" Luz asked in surprise.
"Sure. Like we said earlier, we've seen a lot of unnatural things in our lives." Sasha answered.
"Speaking of which, Anne, why don't you show them the video?" Marcy suggested.
Anne nodded to her Chinese-American friend before bringing out her phone and clicking onto a video. She showed it to Luz, Amity and Willow, who saw the Frog-vasion newscast and the Thai-American girl herself battling a ginormous newt robot while flying around in the air in a bright-blue aura. Needless to say, the Hexside Trio were very shocked to see it.
"Wait, the teenage girl that was said to have stopped the whole Frog-vasion thing…was you?" Luz questioned, shocked beyond belief.
"And you have blue anime powers?" Amity asked.
"Correction, I used to have blue anime powers." Anne replied.
"I was this badass warrior with two swords and I went through some serious character development." Sasha explained, smiling awesomely. "Trust me when I say it, would you not like to meet the old me."
"Noted." Willow said.
"And not only were the three of us part of an amazing prophecy, but I also got possessed by an evil artificial intelligence that was made up from the greatest minds from a world of talking amphibians." Marcy explained before she slowly put on a traumatised expression. "And I…still have nightmares about."
"…Ooooookaaay." Luz replied slowly, feeling quite disturbed by Marcy's tone.
"Anyway, we were basically some Calamity Trio during that whole fiasco." Anne said before she looked down a bit. "We even had to say goodbye to some close friends."
"Sorry to hear that." Willow replied comfortingly.
"There's also something else you should know." Amity admitted before she and Willow revealed their witch ears to the girls. "Willow and I are witches from a world called the Boiling Isles."
"We both got sent to the human world with two others and we're trying to find a way back while staying at Luz's home." Willow explained.
"Witches are real?" Marcy asked with an amazed gasp. "This is a great day for me. I can learn how to do magic spells."
"Now now, Marcy." Anne replied, holding her friend by her shoulders. "You three said there's alien robots down here?"
"And they're looking for a dangerous relic?" Sasha asked.
"Yeah. Let's get in the train so we can explain everything on the way." Luz replied.
"We don't even know where to find them, Luz." Amity reminded.
"Actually, the three of us heard weird drilling noises coming from track five." Anne told them. "That's worth taking a look at."
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Meanwhile, the Insecticon was dragging an unconscious Bumblebee across the ground and before tossing him next to Arcee and Cliffjumper. The Insecticon then turned around to see Knock Out and Breakdown showing up, with the relic capsule in the Decepticon doctor's hand.
"So, what kind of relic is in there?" Breakdown asked.
"Let's see." Knock Out answered before he pulled the lid off and grabbed the relic, which was a small object with three claws at the bottom and a spherical body at the top.
"That's definitely a Decepticon weapon. We still need to figure out what it does." Breakdown admitted.
"And what better way to learn this thing's power than to conduct an on-sight experiment?" Knock Out suggested as he approached Bumblebee and kneeled down to put the relic on him.
However, the Hexside Trio and Calamity Trio were riding the subway train at maximum speed sand they all saw the Cybertronians up ahead. Anne, Sasha and Marcy were very shocked since it was their first time seeing them.
"Wow! Are those what I think they are?!" Sasha asked in disbelief.
"Giant alien robots!" Anne exclaimed.
"Actually, Decepticons." Amity corrected.
"And they have Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper." Luz added worriedly.
"Anne, can you shift this thing to another gear?" Willow asked.
"Sure can. You girls might wanna hang on." Anne said before she thrusted a lever forward.
"Uh, Knock Out…" Breakdown said, making his teammate look behind them.
Knock Out's eyes widened in shock when he saw the subway train before Breakdown and the Insecticon quickly got out of the way, causing the train to bring Knock Out against the wall as he cried out in pain. When the train zoomed away, Knock Out stood up and saw that he had a massive scrape on his chest.
"Hey, watch the finish!" Knock Out shouted.
The Insecticon started firing it's blaster at the train, which was too far away for any of the shots to land on. When Knock Out, Breakdown and the Insecticon looked back, Arcee, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper were shown to have recovered and they fired their blasters at the Cons. The Insecticon kept it's focus on Arcee and attacked her, causing the female Autobot to dodge.
"Hate to run, but we just missed our train!" Knock Out stated with a laugh.
"We'll be taking this relic to Lord Megatron, now!" Breakdown added.
The two of them transformed and began driving away to find an exit from the subway tunnels. Bumblebee and Cliffjumper turned to Arcee as she kept shooting the Insecticon.
"Arcee, they're getting away!" Cliffjumper called out.
"You two follow the relic! I'll grab the girls!" Arcee stated.
Knowing that Arcee could handle herself, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper transformed and drove after Knock Out and Breakdown. Arcee managed to go around the Insecticon while firing her blasters and she transformed before driving after the subway train. The Insecticon transformed into it's flying bug mode and began pursuing the female Autobot.
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Back with the Hexside Trio and Calamity Trio, Anne was busy trying to slow the train down with the controls, but nothing would work. Ghost and Clover ended up tumbling to the back from the speed they were enduring.
"Oh boy, the break line must've gotten wrecked when he crashed into that red robot!" Anne realised.
"We can't stop?!" Luz asked in concern.
"It's okay. These tracks should go on for miles." Willow said reassuringly.
"Uh, I don't think it does." Marcy replied, pointing ahead in a nervous way.
The others followed her gaze and they saw that the bottom of the track was leading towards a dead end.
"There's a dead end here?!" Sasha asked shockingly.
"We're gonna crash and burn!" Amity stated.
"I'm starting to think we should've taken the taxi!" Marcy shouted.
Just then, Arcee caught up to them and she transformed before latching onto the back of the train. The girls felt her hitching on their ride from the inside.
"Okay, what was that?" Anne asked.
Luz, Amity and Willow rushed to the back of the subway train and they saw Arcee smiling at them from outside. Anne, Sasha and Marcy then arrived and were shocked to see Arcee outside before Anne and Sasha grabbed a pair of metal poles that were laying on a nearby chair.
"Welcome to Earth, alien robot!" Anne shouted.
"Get ready for a painful greeting!" Sasha added as the two of them prepared to attack.
"Anne, Sasha, don't!" Luz exclaimed as she and her two friends got in their way.
"She's on our side!" Amity reassured.
"There's no need to attack her!" Willow added, causing Anne and Sasha to stand down.
"Arcee, the breaks are busted! We can't stop!" Luz told her Autobot Guardian.
"Is there any kind of emergency override?" Arcee asked.
"No, miss Arcee. But there is a switch track control up ahead." Marcy answered. "If you can pull the lever next to the tracks, it should take us the other way. You should know when you see it."
Arcee nodded before she flipped back and transformed back into her vehicle mode, which amazed the Calamity Trio.
"Did she just turn into a motorcycle?" Anne asked in awe.
"That is so cool." Sasha commented.
Arcee drove straight ahead of them to make it to the lever, but then the girls heard a loud screech from behind and they turned around to see the Insecticon flying towards them.
"Uh oh!" Willow said worriedly as Clover got on her shoulder and shook in fear.
"What's that supposed to be?" Marcy asked.
"Trouble." Luz answered.
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Knock Out and Breakdown were still driving through the tunnels with the relic riding in the Decepticon doctor. However, they both noticed Bumblebee and Cliffjumper chasing them in their mirrors.
"Well, well, look who got his treads back." Knock Out said, noticing Bumblebee in his vehicle mode since their last encounter.
"What do you say we give them a drive for their money?" Breakdown suggested with a chuckle.
"Good idea." Knock Out replied.
The two Decepticons increases their driving speed as Bumblebee and Cliffjumper continued pursuing them. They came up to another part of the tunnel on their left and Knock Out and Breakdown did a quick turn into it, causing Bumblebee and Cliffjumper to do the same thing.
"You're not loosing us, Cons!" Cliffjumper declared.
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Back at the subway train, Arcee continued to drive ahead of the speeding subway train as the Insecticon was still chasing after them.
"So, how do we stop that giant robo-bug?" Sasha asked.
"I think I have an idea." Anne answered. "Does anyone know how to make something that's like a sword?"
"I can do that." Luz said before she brought out an Ice Glyph from her pocket.
When the Hispanic girl tapped on the Glyph, it formed an ice blade from it and Anne grabbed it. The Thai-American girl looked at her new weapon with an impressed smile.
"Sweet, this is just like my old sword." Anne said. "Nice work, Luz."
"And that little piece of paper just did magic! You've gotta tell me how it works!" Marcy stated excitedly.
"Maybe later, if we all survive." Luz replied.
"What exactly are you gonna do with that?" Amity asked before Anne suddenly opened the back door.
"This!" Anne yelled, taking a step back and then jumping straight out the train with the others gasping in shock.
Miraculously, Anne managed to cling onto the Insecticon's face and began swiping her ice blade on it, making the bug-like Cybertronian cry out and try to shake her off.
"What the heck, Boonchuy?!" Sasha asked with a bewildered expression.
"Does she always do this?!" Willow questioned.
"Only when we were in Amphibia!" Marcy exclaimed.
With Arcee, she finally made it to the lever and transformed into robot mode before attempting to pull the lever back with all her might. It looked like it was gonna turn, but the lever ended up breaking off and was left in Arcee's hand.
"Scrap!" Arcee shouted.
"Uh, guys? The lever just broke!" Willow called out, having seen what happened from the front of the train.
"We've gotta get Anne back here, now!" Luz stated as everyone saw she was still fighting the Insecticon with her ice blade.
"And how do we do that?!" Amity asked rhetorically.
"I've got an idea!" Marcy announced before she reached into her hoodie's pocket. "I knew it was a good idea for me to bring this along!"
She then brought out some kind of hand-made wrist crossbow that seemed to be made of carved wood.
"Is that a fan-made version of your crossbow?" Sasha asked.
"Yeah, I made it last month. I just need some explosive to shoot from it when Anne comes back in here." Marcy said.
"Try this." Luz told her, handing a Fire Glyph to the Chinese-American girl.
Marcy smiled in approval before she grabbed a small metal piece, placing the Glyph onto it and then inserting both of them into her hand-made crossbow.
"Willow, get Anne back here!" Luz ordered.
Willow quickly summoned a vine out of thin air as she saw Anne jabbing her ice blade into the Insecticon's back.
"Anne, catch!" Willow yelled before she tossed the rope at the Thai-American girl, who saw it coming and managed to grab it.
Willow used all her strength to pull Anne straight back into the subway train as her ice blade shattered against the floor.
"Now, Marcy!" Amity stated.
Marcy used her hand-made crossbow to shoot the metal piece with the Fire Glyph on it and it successfully made contact with the Insecticon, causing an explosion that made it roar loudly and slow down.
"Yes! That's a bullseye!" Luz cheered.
"Nice shot, Mar-Mar!" Anne complemented.
"Yep! I've still got it!" Marcy remarked with a proud smile.
"Uh, Marcy? Your hoodie's on fire." Willow told her.
"What?" Marcy asked before she noticed there was a small flame on her hoodie's left arm, making her shake it around to try and fan it out. "Gah! Oh, come on! This is supposed to to happen with my cape!"
At the same time, Arcee decided to get onto the track and she started using her feet to make it switch course. The Hexside Trio and Calamity Trio grew very worried and prepared for an immanent crash, only for Arcee to then successfully kick the tracks into the right course and then dodge the incoming subway train as it sped onto the other way.
"Yes! We're alive!" Anne said in delight.
"Thank Titan!" Amity gasped, very relived.
"Who knew we'd get our butts saved by an alien robot." Sasha quipped.
"That's my girl." Luz replied.
When Arcee heard a familiar screech, she gasped at seeing the Insecticon flying straight at her and she avoided the incoming bug-like Cybertronian, causing them both to crash against the walls. Arcee looked down and noticed that she was barely standing over a third rail on the track, which gave her an idea as she turned her attention back to the Insecticon before doing a small backflip.
"Come to mama." Arcee whispered.
The Insecticon crawled menacingly towards Arcee and it transformed into it's robot form before attacking Arcee, who avoided the bug-like Cybertronian before firing her blasters at it. She noticed the Insecticon was close to the third rail and kept on shooting it with her blasters, even managing to get around it and then deliver an uppercut with her wrist blades. The Insecticon recovered and lunged furiously at Arcee, but the female Autobot leaped over it and the third rail ended up electrocuting the Insecticon once it came into contact. The Insecticon cried out in agony before it was offline, while Arcee looked on behind.
"Shock and drop." Arcee said, imitating Knock Out from earlier.
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Back with Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, they were still driving after Knock Out and Breakdown before the yellow Autobot got close enough to transform and toss Knock Out into his teammate. Both Decepticons transformed and crashed against the floor while the relic ended up falling out of Knock Out's possession, while Cliffjumper transformed next to Bumblebee and they rushed ahead. Breakdown immediately got up and started trading blows with Cliffjumper while Bumblebee went for the relic.
"Bee, get the relic!" Cliffjumper stated.
"Don't let him, Knocks!" Breakdown called out, shoving the red Autobot back.
Knock Out stood up with a growl before he saw Bumblebee running to the relic, causing him to do the same while they bashed against each other. Meanwhile, the subway tunnel that the girls were riding in was coming up to their position at a fast rate.
"Well, we all managed to avoid being exploded." Marcy said in relief.
"We still need a way to stop, other than slamming into a brick wall." Anne reminded.
"Can you try slowing us down with some goo, Amity?" Luz asked.
"Not when we're moving on something this fast. I can't focus my magic when I'm at a high speed." Amity admitted.
Bumblebee and Knock Out reached the relic and they struggled with each other whole rolling around the subway tracks.
"Give me that!" Knock Out ordered while reaching for the relic in Bumblebee's hand.
Bumblebee ended up falling back while dropping the relic, causing him to glow rapidly.
"That relic belongs to us!" Breakdown yelled as he attempted to grab it, only for Cliffjumper to kick him down.
"Not on our watch!" Cliffjumper replied with a glare.
Knock Out dragged Bumblebee away from the relic, only for the yellow Autobot to kick him away. The relic suddenly floated upwards and it clamped itself onto Bumblebee's arm, making him stand up and look at the device with a curious expression. Cliffjumper jumped up to avoid a hammer attack from Breakdown and he smashed into onto the ground, making the muscular Decepticon groan painfully as he was left unable to stand.
"How does that thing feel, Bee?" Cliffjumper asked, rushing up to his teammate.
"I don't know. Nothing's happening." Bumblebee replied.
However, the girls' subway train showed up from behind them and Cliffjumper was the first to notice this.
"Scrap! Move, Bee!" Cliffjumper yelled as he rolled to the side.
"Watch out!" Sasha exclaimed.
"Bumblebee!" Willow called out.
"Get out of the way!" Anne stated worriedly.
Bumblebee braved himself for the incoming crash, but the train went straight through him in a light-blue glow as the Hexside Trio and Calamity Trio looked back to see this. When the girls turned back to the front, they suddenly saw Knock Out ahead of them and the train ended up crashing straight into him. The Decepticon doctor was scrapped against the entire track while shouting out in pain before the train finally came to a screeching halt next to Breakdown. Luz looked out the front door to see both Decepticons laying motionlessly in front of the subway train, allowing her and her friends to exit the transport and approach Bumblebee and Cliffjumper.
"Bee, Cliff, that was amazing!" Amity stated with a smile.
"You went right through that train like a ghost!" Marcy complimented.
"Thanks." Bumblebee replied before they saw Arcee driving up to them, transforming once she was close enough.
"How did you not get run-over?" Willow asked.
"I think it was this relic." Bumblebee admitted while looking at the device on his arm.
"Phase Shifter. Handy when you need to pass through solid objects." Cliffjumper explained, putting his hand through Bumblebee to demonstrate.
"Or vice versa." Arcee added.
"This thing could be really useful." Bumblebee said before he took the Phase Shifter off.
"Can any of you understand what that yellow robot's saying?" Sasha asked in a whispery tone.
"Only our friend, Hunter." Amity answered.
In that moment, Knock Out and Breakdown recovered and they both stood up with painful groans. But when Breakdown took a look at his teammate, he cringed in worridness as he saw that Knock Out was covered in scrapes and cuts made an absolute mess of his paint job, especially his face.
"Uh, Knock Out…you shouldn't look at yourself right now." Breakdown said in a very nervous tone.
"Why?" Knock Out questioned before he saw his messed-up look in the glass reflection of the subway train's front, causing him to become very shocked and angry. "No…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The Hexside Trio, Autobots and Calamity Trio heard the angry Decepticon doctor and they saw him shoving the subway train down the track while Breakdown brought out his sledgehammer.
"You scratch my face, I scratch yours!" Knock Out said in pure anger.
Bumblebee stopped the subway train with his bare hand before he, Arcee and Cliffjumper aimed their blasters at the Decepticons. Luz held out a deck of Glyphs, Ghost and Clover changed into their staff forms as they powered up their respective magic and the Calamity Trio got into their own fighting stances.
"Wanna bet?" Amity asked tauntingly.
Seeing they were outmatched, Knock Out yelled out angrily before he transformed into his vehicle form.
"Next time." Breakdown scowled in defeat before he did the same thing.
Both Decepticons turned right around and they drove away to escape the tunnels, with one of Knock Out's wheels falling off and rolling back to where he was in the process. Everyone eased up once their foes were gone, but Luz turned to the Calamity Trio and remembered that they now know about the Autobots' existence before turning to Arcee.
"They know." Luz said, gesturing to Anne, Sasha and Marcy. "Does this mean we need to take them with us?"
"To your secret hideout?" Marcy asked, feeling excited on the inside.
"I don't think our parents want us going missing a second time." Sasha admitted.
However, Willow was thinking for a moment before an idea popped up in her mind.
"Actually, I have another idea." Willow said. "Luz, I need to borrow your phone."
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At the Autobot base, a fully-recovered Fowler was busy assisting one of the Autobots on his mission.
"That's right, soldier! Dump that rock and come on home!" Fowler stated encouragingly.
However, his phone began to start ringing and he answered the call.
"Fowler. Willow, what is it?" Fowler questioned before hearing what the Plant Witch girl had to say. "What in the Sam Hill? I'm in the middle of a crisis here and you want me to…uhh, put her on the line."
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Willow gave Luz's phone to Anne, who held it to her ear as Sasha and Marcy moved closer to listen.
"Miss Anne Boonchuy, this is special Agent William Fowler of the United States government." Fowler said. "You and your friends are herby deputised as honorary agents for the department of, umm, Interstellar Relations."
Hearing this made Anne, Sasha and Marcy quite surprised as they all smiled at each other.
"Thanks, sir." Anne replied.
"We'll be ready whenever you call us." Sasha proclaimed.
"Count on it." Marcy added.
Anne ended the phone call and have Luz her mobile device back.
"So, are we ever gonna see you six again?" Anne asked.
"And hopefully meet the rest of your team?" Marcy questioned.
"Definitely." Luz answered kindly.
"But until then, we need to maintain complete radio silence." Arcee said.
"Nobody's gotta know we exists, not even your parents." Cliffjumper added. "Think you three can handle that?"
"Sure thing." Marcy said with a salute.
"Have fun with this relic hunting business, you six." Sasha told them.
"If you want, I can invite you three to my dad's birthday when it happens." Anne offered.
"That sounds nice. Thanks, Anne." Amity replied.
"We'll see you three another day." Willow added as she and her friends gave their farewell to the Calamity Trio and walked away.
"Nice thinking there, Willow." Luz complemented.
"I was just doing my part to be useful. I can't be left out of this group, remember?" Willow replied with a smile, with Clover buzzing in agreement,
"You're really good at what you do." Amity said, nodding to her childhood friend.
"One relic down, three to go." Cliffjumper remarked.
"Let's hope the others are having similar results." Arcee said hopefully.
She, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper transformed into their vehicle forms and the Hexside trio got onto their respective guardians before driving away, while the Calamity Trio watched from their positions.
"Robots who turn into vehicles." Anne said, becoming very intrigued by Cybertronians. "Sprig would've loved to meet those guys. Polly, as well."
"Well, I'm pretty sure Grime would wanna have a good-old toad battle with them." Sasha admitted.
"You know, those Autobots could've really helped us in our final battle against Andrias and the Core if we knew about them sooner." Marcy told her friends. "Luz, her friends and their magic would've been a big help, too."
"Are you saying we couldn't handle them ourselves?" Anne questioned.
"No, I'm just saying what might've happened if we had them for backup." Marcy replied defensively.
"Good point. So, why don't the three of us get to the market area now?" Anne suggested.
"You got it, Boonchuy." Sasha replied with a cool wink.
"After what just happened, all I want to do is shop." Marcy admitted before the three teenage girls began walking down the other side of the tunnel to make it to their previous destination.
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