Chapter 2: Hasbro Puts Its Properties In a Blender (2):
Miko's POV:
My name is Miko Nakadai. How ya doin'? Me? Oh, I'm fine, if you ignore the fact that my friends and I are being held captive by an evil computer virus. He said his name is Evox. Can you believe this? On our first day in Unit: E, too.
"Are you a Cybertronian," Raf asks.
"My origin doessss not matter," he says, "what doessss matter issss that I am taking over!"
"Well, you won't get away with this," says Jack.
"That's right," I said, "because we're in an organization that's full of guys that eat computer viruses for breakfast!" I think I intimidated him.
"Issss that sssso," says Evox, "well, then I'll have to eliminate them!"
Okay, so maybe I just gave him an idea. Just as he's about to kill us with a big metal arm thing, a table floated in the air and hit him. It was that Twilight Zone girl. I guess she can move stuff with her mind.
"You guys look like you could use some help," she said.
"Cyborg Samurai," shouts that Brightmore guy, then a big robot thing came out of nowhere. It has a sword and instead of legs, it had a big drill. The Cyborg Samurai slices the metal arms.
"What is that thing, "asks that Robertson guy.
"He says his name is Evox," says Jack.
"And he's not a nice guy," I said.
"We have to get him out of the computer," says Duke.
We then fought through Evox's defenses. "Fools, I have more tricks up my sleeve." Evox then has some wires attach to something.
"Oh no," says Fowler.
"What is that," asks Raf.
"A project we've been working on," says Fowler, "an army of robotic soldiers designed to look like insects. We call them The Army Ants."
The Ants then approached.
"And now they're under my control," says Evox.
"We discontinued this idea," says Fowler.
"And now we have to fight them while getting to Evox," says Duke, "Unit: E, let's play rough!"
"Really? That's our battle cry," I said.
Duke, Twilight, and Brightmore's Cyborg Samurai thing fought through the Army Ants while the rest of us tried to get to the computer. And army ant grabbed me, but Jack hit it with a chair. An army ant was about to attack Raph, but Twilight's weird dog thing attacked it. Dr. Robertson used a laser thing to go through some.
"That's some laser," says Jack.
"It's an invention of mine," says Robertson, "I call it a NERF."
Eventually, we made it to the computer, but Evox then has his metal arms grab us.
"Did you think it would be that eassssy," says Evox.
"It's not over," says Jack.
"Foolssss, I am greater than any other villain you have sssseen before."
"You should meet Unicron," I said.
"A unicorn issss far too idiotic to be a threat."
"There's a version of me who would take offense to that," says Twilight. I have no idea what she meant.
"I shall have you all desssstroyed," says Evox.
Then Raf started glowing.
"Raf," Jack asks.
Raf then fired energy beams at the Army Ants, allowing Robertson to do a thing with the computer that made Evox and the Army Ants disappear.
"Where's Evox," asks Fowler.
"I sent him anywhere else," says Robertson, "but I don't know where."
"I think we have another situation," I said, and I was referring to Raph.
. . .
Dr. Robertson was scanning Raph.
"So, what did Evox do to him," I asked.
"I don't think Evox had time to do anything," says Dr. Robertson, "I think this was all Raph. You all said he was the only human that could understand Bumblebee?"
"Yeah, and I wished he translated more," I said, "I was really tired of not getting the joke.
"Well, look at this," Dr. Robertson then revealed something that surprised us all.
"Woah," I said.
"What is it," asks Raf.
According to Raf's X-Rays, he was human and cybernetic.
Evox's POV:
"Where am I?" I found mysssself in a sssstrange computer in a sssstrange lab. The computer wassss ssssurrounded by the Army Antssss that are now under my control. Then I heard a voicccce.
"Well, this is interesting," the man ssssayssss, "allow me to introduce myself, I am Blackthorne Shore."
"Hello," I ssssaid.
"A sentient computer virus. I'm intrigued."
"I am Evox and I am in command!"
"And why should I listen to you? I bet with the right reprogramming..."
Then I had my Army Ants grab the fool.
"Of coursssse, I would be willing to lissssten."
"Good, the first thing we need to do is get my revenge on Unit: E."
"Did you ssssay Unit: E?"
"Yes."
"Then the enemy of my enemy issss my friend."
"Explain."
Miko's POV:
I was watching as Raf was down and Jack was cheering him up. I don't understand any of this. Raf is a... humabot? Humacon? Is he like the Predacons? No wait, they're still robotic. What do you call someone like Raf? Then I saw an episode of Maxie's World was on. Maxie. There's an interesting idea. Maximal! Yeah. I should tell them what I got.
"Hey guys," I said as I ran to them, "what do you think about calling Raf a Maximal?"
"I like it," says Raf.
"Maximal it is," says Jack.
I then sat down with the two. No matter what, as long as we had each other, we can handle anything.
"Hey Kids," says Fowler, "some certain friends of yours want to talk."
. . .
We went over to the screen and saw Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee.
"Hey kids," says Bulkhead.
"How are you," asks Arcee.
"Anything new happened," asks Bumblebee.
"Boy," I said, "we got some news for you."
In the next chapter, Dr. Robertson's past comes back to haunt him in the form of Dr. Badvibes.