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Plot – When Koji wakes up, he can't remember what happened to him or his memories. In the meantime, Kicker and Rad are trapped against Galvatron while Alexis tries comforting Koji by thinking back to his past life and the current events that had followed. Then, a shocking development occurs with him, Rad and Kicker.
Chapter 6: Koji's Identity Crisis
Alexis couldn't believe her eyes and neither could everyone else that watched Rad's sudden armor transformation taking centre stage. She placed her hands on her chest, to where her heart is. When she felt it, her heart kept on pounding and pounding like no tomorrow. "What's happening to me? My heart's beating like crazy! It…It almost feels like that I'm love with someone. Could it be possible that it might be…?"
But before she could figure out who that person was, a familiar voice had interrupted her.
"Hey! Can someone please tell me, where I am?"
T-Ai slowly turned her head around to see, who said it. Then sure enough, she found out who it was: Koji. She ran very fast with a huge smile on her face and threw her arms around Koji's neck for a big hug. "Koji! You're alright! I'm so glad!"
Koji answered in a very strange way. "Excuse me but, have we met before?"
Her eyes flashed with surprise and right away released the hug from him. "What's wrong with you, Koji? It's me, T-Ai! I'm your best friend, remember?"
"T-Ai? Never heard of that name and who are you guys?" he asked.
She stared at him blankly. "Koji, you don't recognize me?"
He feels his head beginning to erupt again by walking away from T-Ai and everybody else, while he walks back inside the medical room. He immediately sat down on one of the beds that he was resting on earlier. This left T-Ai and company very baffled about Koji's odd behaviour.
"I don't understand. Why doesn't he remember me?"
"Perhaps, it's the case of amnesia" said Dr. Jones.
"Amnesia?" says Misha in shock.
"No freaking way! Wait. What is Amnesia?" Carlos wondered.
"Carlos, you idiot! It means that Koji has suffered an identity crisis" shouted Alexis.
"In other words, he has suffered memory loss. Meaning that he can't remember his friends, family and the events that took place with the Decepticons a long while back and even today" told Dr. Jones.
"Are you saying that it's going to take time for him to recover everything that's happened?" said Sally.
"Exactly. And if my theory is true, this might have something to do with Ga'Mede draining the Dark Energon from him" added T-Ai.
"Well, that explains why he's feeling confused. But, what if Koji would contain the same armor transformation that Kicker and Rad have?" requested Alexis.
Dr. Jones continued. "I'm highly doubtful that he would develop that type of power from inside of himself. Fortunately, the only way for a person like him to awaken his hidden strength from within is to use 'the pain of loss'."
"That's very interesting, Dr. Jones. But, what exactly is this 'pain of loss'?" said Carlos shrugging his shoulders.
"What Dr. Jones means is that when you love someone for a very long time and something tragic happens, you build up all of your emotions and strength together to awaken your special power from inside of you. That's the reason why Kicker and Rad have obtained those armor transformations" told T-Ai to everyone.
"Now, I understand why I saw Rad transform. He was deeply worried about me" thought Alexis sadly.
Back to where the action is, Kicker and Rad are both powered up in their crimson suits. Among their backup crew were Optimus, Rodimus, the Autobot brothers and Ultra Magnus stood behind them.
Ga'Mede was also powered up, during the process of Rad's transformation. Behind him were his reinforcements; Bludgeon, Dreadwind, Axer, Sunstorm and lastly, Magnificus. He grinned evilly and spat his comments to his enemies. "Have you wimps made your decision already or do I have to come over there and smack the flavour out of your mouth?"
"I'd say, we stand and fight! Let's do this!" roared Kicker, as he, Rad and the Autobots charge towards Ga'Mede and his colleagues.
Just like Kicker, Ga'Mede and his teammates also charged at the Autobots.
At that time, the two teams clashed in an epic battle. X-Brawn, Sideburn, Prowl and Rodimus were dealing with Dreadwind, Axer and Sunstorm, while Optimus and Magnus have their hands full with Bludgeon and Magnificus.
In the meantime, Kicker and Rad were taking out their anger and frustration against their strongest adversary: Ga'Mede.
They both kept throwing left and right punches/kicks at Ga'Mede. But, he quickly evades every move that they try to throw at him until he grabs Rad by the throat and proceeds to choke the living daylights out of him, before Kicker intervened by hitting him in the back with a vicious kick. Ga'Mede began to tumble a little bit, just as he dropped Rad and released his grip on his throat.
Rad fell to his knees and grasped for air very quickly and went back to tackle Ga'Mede from behind. But, he catches him off-guard by grabbing him from his crimson blue armor plate and tosses him at Kicker in a bad collision. He later tackled them both down again by running very fast and giving both of them, a double clothesline.
Kicker and Rad felt the hard impact that Ga'Mede had inflicted. Rad was knocked out, but Kicker got back up and ran towards Ga'Mede. He threw a hard right kick to his face, which only fazed Ga'Mede a small portion when he blocked it.
When Kicker landed his punch earlier, he targeted his middle and lower torso of Ga'Mede's body by throwing a hard right straight and then mixing it up with a deadly uppercut to his jaw. Then, he blasted him in the stomach with a series of punches and finished it with a hard right kick at his face, sending him reeling a few feet away from him.
Ga'Mede was very displeased to see how much Kicker and Rad have improved lately, since their last encounter on the bridge. "How dare you make a fool out of me! It's time that I show the both of you my real power! Get ready!"
Kicker positioned himself in his fighting stance and prepares for Ga'Mede's next attack. Minutes later, Rad finally got up after being pummeled down from Ga'Mede. He later rejoins Kicker and they both took their time to wait.
Ga'Mede narrowed his eyes at both of them, while he grinned and starts roaring madly. His eyes were pure dark purple, when he begins manifesting his Dark Energon powers.
He continued to rage on mercifully until he lifted his arm up in the air and begins to show-off his latest technique. "Time for your punishment, you pathetic fools! Dark Energon Cyclone!"
Kicker and Rad were horrified of what they've just witnessed; Ga'Mede had just tapped inside his hidden powers and unleashed an unspeakable move, when he threw his arm across and let out a massive dark purple tornado that's coming right at them. They immediately harnessed their powers as well and fired their own attacks back at Ga'Mede. During this procedure, Kicker called forth his trusty Energon Sabre and caught it with both hands.
"Energon Meteor Crash!" Rad spread out his arms up and then down as it lets out a few Energon meteor showers right into Ga'Mede's path.
"Energon Shockwave!" At the same time, Kicker spun around once, held his glowing red Energon Sabre above his head and then, slams it down on the ground very hard as it lets out a huge downward sword spiral-like projectile right at Ga'Mede. His attack was much different than before, when he first used it on Misha.
Their special attacks were combined into one huge power, when Rad's Meteor Crash and Kicker's Shockwave had forged into a new special attack: Energon Meteor Shockwave. The meteors and the shockwave were wrapped into a single electric fire orb at an alarming top speed.
Ga'Mede was infuriated, when he saw that his opponents had united their powers into one. Plus, his Dark Energon Cyclone was overpowered by the combined strength of Kicker and Rad's special Energon powers when his cyclone was split in two places and right away disappeared in an instant. He sees the Energon Meteor Shockwave traveling his way and then, the massive attack has made complete contact on him and it erupted an enormous explosion.
Before that occurred, Kicker and Rad immediately flew up by mounting on the Energon Sabre and witnessed to see their combined attacks taking down Ga'Mede, very physically.
"Phew! That was too close for comfort. If I do say so myself" said Rad.
"Oh, you're full of it. Somehow, I'm getting a sinking feeling that he might've withstood that attack" replied Kicker.
Rad protested. "Say, what? That's impossible! How can Ga'Mede survive through that? Do you suppose that he had a barrier to prevent himself from being destroyed?"
Kicker answered. "I don't know. But if that were true, our battle against the Decepticons will become much harder."
Elsewhere on the other side of the wastelands, Bludgeon and Magnificus were badly damaged and exhausted by their fierce competitors; Optimus and Magnus beating the holy hell out of them.
When Magnificus was down for the count, he scopes out a huge explosion from far away. Sensing that his fellow comrade has fallen prey to the humans, he contacts his other troops to regroup and return to the Decepticon base for an emergency situation.
"Right. I'll confirm that, sir. We'll do as you're told. We're regrouping" said Dreadwind.
Axer overhears the problem from Dreadwind's communication. "What? Regroup? What the hell just happened?"
"It's our partner, Ga'Mede. We must retrieve him and withdraw at once. We'll have to deal with those Auto-dweebs, another time! Decepticons, retreat!" shouted Sunstorm by alerting the current members of Ga'Mede's team to fallback, while continuing to fire back at the Autobots with their pistols and shotguns during their escape.
The Autobots also fired back their weapons at the Decepticons, before Optimus jumped in and ordered his men to resist fire. "Hold your fire, men! They're regrouping!"
Magnus pondered his thoughts about this. "Oh, yeah? And, why is that?"
"Perhaps they've underestimated us, before this even started" said Sideburn.
Optimus, Rodimus, Magnus, Prowl and X-Brawn all glared at him with disappointment looks on their faces.
"Okay…Maybe, I should keep my mouth shut."
"Well, you should! Otherwise, you'll be put through rigorous training with me for a whole month!" fumed Rodimus.
"Hey, cool it, partner. He's just trying to focus on the mission. Let alone for him to get mushy on red sports cars" suggested X-Brawn.
"He's right, Rodimus. You should be more careful of treating our teammates with proper care. Without it, you would've never become my second-in-command" instructed Optimus to him.
"Trust me. I've learned that lesson the hard way, when I was mistreating him and his men during our last mission with Fortress Maximus" added Magnus.
"I suppose that I was pushing myself too far, when I was roughing up Sideburn." He turned his attention to him for a short conversation. "Listen, Sideburn. About what I said, I didn't mean to put you down like that and I had no idea what had come over me. Therefore, I apologize for my actions."
"It's no big deal, Rodimus. Everyone makes mistakes and we have yet to learn from them, one step at a time."
"Good idea, Sideburn. Let's head back to base and see how well Alexis and Koji are doing" said Optimus.
"Wait a minute, Optimus. Aren't you forgetting about Kicker and Rad? Shouldn't we head over to the other side of the wastelands and pick them up?" offered Prowl.
"No need to worry about them. They're strong enough to handle things on their own terms" told Magnus.
"I hope, you're right. Let's not waste any time and head back to HQ as soon as possible" says Optimus.
"Roger!" They all nodded their heads in agreement.
Meanwhile, the Decepticons traveled all the way to where Ga'Mede was, fighting against Kicker and Rad earlier. They spotted a familiar figure lying motionless on the wastelands area and right away noticed that it was indeed Ga'Mede.
Magnificus sees his fallen comrade Ga'Mede, damaged, bruised and all of his Dark Energon powers had sunk very low. He was deeply disgraced and upset, by this sudden turn of events. "Damn those bastards! They shall pay with their very lives!"
Bludgeon turned his head to him. "Yes, they should. But for right now, Ga'Mede needs medical attention immediately. Let's report back to Galvatron and rethink our next strategy."
Axer clenched his fists very tightly after receiving a heavy blow to the Decepticons. "Curse those wretched humans and Autobots! The next time we face them in battle, we'll eliminate all of them without any show of mercy!"
"Same here! I'd really want a piece of those idiotic humans and the Autobots, too!" added Sunstorm.
"Yeah well, if I was you, we'll have to put our next plan on hold for the time being. We can't face those dreadful humans and the Autobots again without Ga'Mede's assistance. So, let's retreat" suggested Dreadwind.
They followed Dreadwind's advice and hoisted their fallen partner, Ga'Mede, back to the Decepticon base with a look of devastation on their empty faces.
Back inside the Autobot base, Koji remains to have difficulties of recollecting his memories that he lost from Ga'Mede, when he drained not only his Dark Energon, but also his memories as well. He begins rubbing his forehead for a few minutes and trying to ease the pain from inside his head.
Outside of the medical facility, T-Ai, Carlos, Sally, Dr. Jones, Alexis and Misha are still thinking about how to help Koji recover his memories after showing him images of himself, his family and friends from the display panel earlier but to no avail.
"I'm still baffled that he still doesn't remember me and everything else."
"I know. It's like his head is spinning so fast, he's not even taking an amusement ride."
"So funny, I forgot to laugh."
"Let's not get too humorous about this. We need to come up with another plan of how we can restore Koji's memories."
"True. But, it would only take one person that he's never met before and I know someone that can support him."
"Oh? Who could it be?"
Alexis giggled. "Isn't it obvious? That individual is none other than…me."
"What?" everyone shouted altogether at her.
"You're going to help Koji?" thought Carlos.
"Seriously, Alexis? Somehow, you're still good with negotiations" says Dr. Jones.
"Yes, I believe that you can do it" smiled Misha. Then, she notices something wrong with T-Ai. "What's the matter, T-Ai?"
Everybody stared at T-Ai with an angry look on her face. Her fists were clenched, her teeth were grinding and some steam was coming from out of her ears, while her face was steaming red with jealousy.
Alexis stepped forth to where T-Ai is, burning with jealousy and frustration in her eyes as she replies to her very cautiously. "Listen, T-Ai. I'm going to try and help Koji regain his memories by talking to him, not hitting on him."
"You expect me to believe you? If you do anything funny to him, I swear, I'm going to…"
Alexis interrupted her. "You're going to do what? Assault me? Don't be so foolish of yourself! You shouldn't judge people's behaviour so quickly, just because you've met them!"
T-Ai's angry expression seemed to have cooled off. "I'm sorry. I thought that you were about to do something else and I felt jealous. Let alone, myself and Rad."
Misha stood next to her. "Alexis has hardly the time to speak with Rad, Carlos and the Jones family, ever since the Energon wars and the black hole incident. As for yourself, you're a very capable person, just like the rest of us."
T-Ai looked at Misha with a look of bewilderment on her face. "How…How did you know that?"
She let out with a tiny giggle. "It's simple. I've had that feeling before when I was being hard on Kicker, during the Energon battle against Unicron. And besides, I know what it takes and so should you with Koji."
She replied to Misha's response. "Thanks, Misha. I think, I'm getting the picture now. So, as long as I believe in myself and Koji, do you suppose that he still remembers me?"
Dr. Jones answered. "Of course he will, T-Ai. You two have grown so close that you'll be able to have a bright future for yourself and Koji. Trust me."
A small hint of redness appeared on her rosy cheeks relating to her current relationship with Koji. She commends Dr. Jones before turning her attention to Alexis. "Thank you, Dr. Jones. You have my consent to help him."
"I'm glad to hear that" thought Alexis by walking into the medical room to where Koji is resting.
At the Decepticon base, Galvatron was very unsatisfied with his comrade's failure against the Autobots, including Kicker and Rad. "What? The humans and the Autobots did this to you? I'm very ashamed of you all!"
"It wasn't our fault that Ga'Mede took the heavy blow. It was those meddling humans that caused all of this!" pleaded Bludgeon.
Galvatron grunted. "I want full details from what happened back there! Now, talk!"
"Alright, already. Now, if I'm not mistaken, it's quite clear to me that those bumbling humans have somehow combined their powers altogether and managed to overwhelm Ga'Mede's power with their own" explained Magnificus.
"Are you sure?" says the Decepticon leader curiously.
"Exactly. Hands down. Even though, both I and Bludgeon were beaten to the punch by both Optimus and Ultra Magnus, I've witnessed to see the explosion from a couple of miles away from us."
He grinned with pleasure. "How remarkable. Those humans have aroused my curiosity, by displaying their united strength on Ga'Mede. Yes. I think, it's time for me to entertain myself by fighting those humans on my own."
The Decepticons gasped in shock at Galvatron's comments. They couldn't believe that the Decepticon leader would slug it out against the daring human duo.
"G-Galvatron, you're going to fight them?" questioned Sunstorm.
"I don't like the sound of this" whispered Axer to Dreadwind.
"That's your problem, not mine."
"I shall be on my way to search and deal with them myself." Galvatron sat up from his throne and pressed the button on the chair to open the roof slowly above him at counter clockwise. "Dragon Mode! All of you will stay right here, while I pulverize them both with my superior strength! I shall see you again, very soon." In an instant, he skyrockets out of the Decepticon base and goes off to find Kicker and Rad at full capacity.
"Those wretched humans have no idea who they're messing with! Nevertheless, those twerps don't stand a chance against Galvatron" pondered Scourge with his arms crossed.
Over at the medical room inside Autobot HQ, Alexis is now comforting Koji and hoping to recover his lost memories when Ga'Mede erased it during his Dark Energon Drain Transfer process. "Now, look here, Koji. T-Ai is your best friend and my name is Alexis. Do you remember now?"
Koji frowned. "Well…I don't know, if she's really my best friend or not." He placed his hand to cover his forehead, if he's suffering a migraine. "It's so hard that I can't seem to trace back to my livelihood."
Alexis turned Koji around to see her straight in the eye and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Don't be so absurd! Can't you at least remember the time, when your late father was kidnapped by the Predacons? Along with meeting me and the rest of us?"
Koji felt very unsure for a moment and then, he shook his head.
She felt very disappointed that he still cannot recollect his memories. And so, by making a deep sigh, she retorted. "I didn't have to do this, but you leave me with no choice." Without warning, she slaps him in the face and followed it up with a backhand fist on his head that sent him sprawling onto the floor.
He felt his cheek that left a small red mark and his head was feeling a little numb. As he glanced back at Alexis, he gasped in shock. His recollection of his past and present are beginning to come back to him. First, his father's abduction by the Decepticons and Predacons. Second, his close relationship between him and T-Ai has grown since they've first met. Third, his bond with Optimus Prime and the Autobots was developed. Finally, his father's untimely passing and attending his funeral at a local cemetery and then, meeting his newfound friends, Kicker, Misha, Rad, Carlos, Dr. Jones and even Alexis. He moved away from Alexis and started to think very clearly that the pieces of his memories are beginning to be put back in place. "It's…It's all coming back to me." By clenching his fists and stood up on his own two feet with his eyes closed and a look of determination on his face. "It's all starting to make sense now." He reopened his eyes. "Galvatron must pay!" He turns his attention to Alexis and thanked her. "Thanks for helping me out."
"You're welcome." Alexis smiled with delight. "I knew you could do it, Koji. You just had to dig deep hard into your memory bank and regain it. Well done."
A hint of redness was formed on his cheeks and made a small laugh.
Later, the corridors were opened and Optimus Prime, along with his teammates, the Autobot brothers and Ultra Magnus has returned to Autobot HQ from their previous battle against Ga'Mede and the Decepticons.
"Hey, look! The cavalry has arrived!" indicated Carlos to everyone.
"So, how did it go back there?" asked Sally.
"It went swell, little lady. We've creamed them right down to the wire" answered X-Brawn.
"Oh, please! We wiped out those bozos, before they could even pull the trigger" protested Magnus.
"Knock it off, you two! It doesn't matter, if we took out the Decepticons or not. Regardless, we were able to drive them off" explained Rodimus.
Dr. Jones noticed that something was not right. "Hey, wait a minute. Where's Kicker and Rad? Weren't they supposed to return with you?"
"Unfortunately they didn't, Dr. Jones. I gave out the order of letting them to look out for one another. Right when we battled Ga'Mede's troops, Kicker and Rad immediately took off on the other side of the Wastelands with Ga'Mede trailing after them" said Optimus.
"Are you crazy, Optimus? I've got a suspicion that Galvatron has received some information from his men and is heading right into their direction!"
"What?" shouted Misha and T-Ai altogether.
"Smooth move, my brother. I can't believe that you've let them slip through your own fingers. You may have made the biggest mistake of your life" grunted Magnus at Optimus.
"Didn't we already talk about this issue, before?"
"Let him be, Prowl. I'm pretty sure that he made the right call, regardless of how tough the choices were" replied Rodimus.
"Thanks for the reminder, you moron!" thought Magnus, while glaring back at Rodimus.
Elsewhere, Kicker and Rad are still zooming across the sky on the Energon Sabre while attempting to reach Autobot HQ. Unknown to them however, Galvatron is close by and is nearly catching up with them.
"Oh, boy! How much further can we go on, Kicker?" Rad asks.
"Not long enough, Rad. Just a few miles left and then, we head back to base" answered Kicker.
After traveling for almost two hours, they see a familiar sight from down below.
"Sweet! There it is! We've made it!" shouted Rad.
Kicker nodded. "That's right. Cause, here's where the trail ends."
Suddenly, there was a very loud noise coming from behind and interjected them. "And, here's where the trouble begins! Twin Dragon Breath!"
Without warning, Galvatron's deadly attack knocks them both. Sending the two men falling down from nearly a hundred feet in the air and crash land onto the streets of Los Angeles, hard. Just only several miles away from Autobot HQ.
Kicker and Rad whelp out in pain from an unexpected attack from someone. They're both in stable condition, but their faces are bruised, their armor suits are almost damaged and their bodies are nearly battered.
"What…What just happened? We were about to arrive at Autobot HQ and here we are, landing on our backs. Literally," moaned Rad.
As Kicker got up and turned around, his eyes were widened in horror to see who shot them both from behind when they weren't looking. "Oh, no. I think I know, who it was Rad and he's coming right for us."
Rad glared at Kicker for a while and then, it hit him. He figured out who fired that blast at them. "Kicker, are you saying that it's…"
"Yeah, there's no mistaken it."
The menacing Decepticon leader landed hard on the streets of the Autobot base and standing right in-front of them. "Welcome to your demise, you little brats."
"Galvatron. I knew it" said Kicker keeping his cool very calmly.
"Not good. We're toast" pouted Rad.
At the main doors of Autobot HQ, Demolisher and SnowCat, currently on patrol duty, detected Galvatron's presence from several miles away and alerted the facility.
"Uh-oh! It's Galvatron and he's got both Kicker and Rad hanging on the ropes! Tell everybody that we've got really bad company here, right now!" informed Demolisher.
"Copy that! Come in, Optimus! Come in! Over! Over!" requested SnowCat by sending out a distress signal to Autobot HQ.
Inside Autobot HQ, SnowCat's signal came through and lets out a flashing red light on the Main Computer System. Thus, causing a loud beeping noise to attract Optimus' attention.
The Autobot leader overhears the signal and responded. "Optimus Prime, here. State your business."
The Viewing Monitor had lit up and it shows an on-screen image of SnowCat. "This is SnowCat, reporting. We've got a major situation right now and believe me, it's not a pretty sight."
"Stop playing around and get to the point, already!" fumed Ultra Magnus with his fist clenched.
"Relax, Magnus. I was just getting to that. The good news is, Kicker and Rad have arrived at Autobot HQ."
"And, what's the bad news?" Rodimus asked.
SnowCat sighed. "See for yourself."
He shows to everyone, where Kicker and Rad are. They're badly bruised, standing on one knee and yet, they haven't even transformed into their crimson outfits.
Everybody looked completely stunned of viewing Kicker and Rad from outside of the Autobot base. Damaged and barely moving an inch, because they don't know who inflicted some pain on them.
"What's going on? Why is it that they're not moving?" yelled Dr. Jones.
The viewing screen was moved over to the other side and revealed the perpetrator. "Now, it's time for me to cook some southern fried human, extra crispy! Dragon Mode!" He transformed into his twin-dragon mode. "Time for you to feel the burn! Dual Magma Stream!"
Galvatron's attack nearly burns both Kicker and Rad to a crispy death as they screamed in agony.
Misha looked on in horror to see Kicker almost getting overcooked. "This can't be! NO!"
Sally was also shocked to watch her own brother getting fried by Galvatron. "Kicker!"
"Don't give up!" called Carlos.
"I came here to fight the both of you and this is how you impress me? How pathetic" accused Galvatron to both of them.
Although Kicker and Rad are seriously banged up from Galvatron's assault earlier on and so forth, they were able to stand up slowly.
"Don't be so…sure of yourself. You haven't defeated us, yet. We're still standing and we're not…giving up!"
"That's exactly, right. You may have gotten the early lead on us, but you still haven't…won yet!"
Galvatron laughed with pleasure. "Nicely said from you both! There's still plenty of fire left from within you. Now that's stamina."
"Shut your mouth and come at us, you bastard!" yelled Kicker.
"You asked for it!" Galvatron blasted another attack on the severely injured duo and hoping to inflict more damage to them. Fortunately for Kicker and Rad, however, they were able to evade his move, before it made a large pothole on the streets of Los Angeles.
Back inside the medical room, Koji thanked Alexis for her efforts. "I don't know how you did it, but I would like to thank you for helping me to regain my memories."
"Don't mention it and my name is Alexis." After she shook his hand, she shows him a family photo from out of her pockets. "And these are my friends." From left to right, she points out the individuals to Koji with each introduction. "That's Rad, Carlos and the Jones family; Dr. Brian Jones, Miranda, their daughter, Sally, their son, Kicker and his best friend, Misha."
"That's quite a family." With a flash of vigour from his brown eyes, he also remembered something upon recognizing the two individuals: the first was when he got cornered by Scourge and his minions sent by Galvatron to kidnap him, before Optimus and his crew showed up to rescue him and they did. Next, he was taken away by a Decepticon named Obsidian when he attacked both him and Misha awhile back. Then, he felt something inside of him that was about to be awakened. Recalling the events that Galvatron and his thugs did to torment his mind, he began pumping his fists very tightly while he closed his eyes during his meditation. That's when a strange emerald green aura had wrapped around Koji's body.
When Alexis watches Koji's startling transformation, she stood there in awestruck. "I can't believe this! How could he have obtained this? Is it possible that he's carrying the same strength that Rad and Kicker have?"
Suddenly, Koji screamed in anticipation and anguish as his body was glowing in a crimson emerald green stature, while his hair was glowing brightly bronze and his eyes were glowing brightly orange. With his newfound power emanating throughout his whole body, he bolted right through the ceiling of the medical room. This had caused a severe collapsing as Alexis quickly escapes from the avalanche, just as the medical room caved in.
Everybody turned around to see Alexis catching her breath, when she exited from the medical facility. However, they were mostly surprised to see the emergency room has been damaged with several crumbling pieces that's been spread all over the floor.
"Alexis, what just happened?" asked Misha.
"And what's with all this mess, here?" added Carlos.
"You wouldn't want to believe this, but…after I've helped Koji to recollect his memories, he...went right through the roof" told Alexis.
"He did what?" cried T-Ai in shock.
"No way! How is this possible?" questioned Dr. Jones.
"Do you think that he not only remembered his past life, but…did he really obtain the same armor transformation like the others did?" suggested Sally with a look of concern on her face.
"Hey, amigos! Check this out!" Carlos mentioned to everyone.
As they all looked on at the viewing monitor, they see Galvatron continue to put the hurt on both Kicker and Rad, nearly worn out and severely injured. Though they're still in this fight, they still refuse to give in from the menacing Galvatron.
"Just…hang in there a little longer, Rad and maybe…maybe we get into our crimson suits once we see…an opening" offered Kicker, while finally getting back to his feet.
"Yeah…sure thing, Kicker. We can still…survive, no matter what…shape we're in" replied Rad by wiping the blood off from his mouth.
Galvatron felt very astounded at their bravery and laughs at them. "You're both still determined. I'll give you credit on that. But, you're completely helpless against a living predator like me! And now, the time has come for your ultimate destruction!"
"Oh, no! I can't bear to watch this!" cried Misha by turning away and buried her face with her hands.
"Rad, were you actually fighting him and the Decepticons for me? So, that's why my heart was beating so fast because you actually cared about me" contemplated Alexis, while looking on with a mixture of happiness and sadness on her beautiful face.
"Time to die, humans! Striker Lance, Power Up!" roared Galvatron by charging up his weapon and prepares to deliver the final blow on them. But just as he was about to fire at the injured duo, he was interjected by a very familiar voice from above.
"Why don't you put your filthy Dark Energon where your mouth is, Galvatron?"
"That voice! It can't be!" gasped Galvatron and as he looked way up high, he sees a mysterious figure standing on top of the Autobot base. He leaped high into the air and landed firmly on the ground next to where Kicker and Rad are.
The unknown figure had his head and his knees down until he stood up and showed himself to Galvatron with renewed courage and determination in his eyes. That familiar person, so happens to be…
"You! Koji!"
Everyone cannot believe of who came to Kicker and Rad's rescue: It was Koji. The man who was abducted and brainwashed by Galvatron has returned with a whole new attitude.
Especially, T-Ai with a tremendous smile on her face and felt very relieved to see her best friend regaining his identity. "Koji! You came back!"
"Impossible! How were you able to recover from my Dark Energon? I want the truth!" yelled Galvatron.
"You can't handle the truth! You've made my life a living hell by using me to hurt my best friend and for that, I will make you pay! Even if it means, taking you with me!" said Koji.
"And how are you going to pull that off?"
"Simple. I'm not the coward that I once was, anymore." When he finished his sentence, he clenched his fists very hard and begins to reawaken his newfound strength. As he growled fiercely with rage and anger, his entire body was shrouded in a crimson emerald green aura and his eyes were glowing brightly orange with his hair glowing brightly bronze.
Just as he was nearly done with his transformation, someone was calling out to him from the Autobot base. "Hey, Koji! Catch!" It was Dr. Jones by throwing out an orb at Koji.
He leaps high in the air and as he catches it, the orb itself had become one with him. His whole body began changing into a different outfit and his eyes glowed orange once as the unification of himself and the orb was finished. As a result, Koji is now wearing the same battle armor outfit that Kicker and Rad have. "Awesome! I look better than ever!"
After his normal pose, he went back to his newfound armor transformation and was able to conclude it. In a roar of retribution and bravery inside himself, he was engulfed in a very bright light as it almost radiates Galvatron, Kicker and Rad.
When the light faded away, everybody felt very shocked to see what Koji had become. His new battle armor suit is now in a crimson emerald green stature, his protection pads and hair were all brightly bronze and his eyes were glowing brightly orange. He points back at Galvatron.
"Galvatron. It's time that I will teach you a lesson about respect." Koji turned his attention to Kicker and Rad for an immediate plan of action, upon feeling his aura beginning to glow. "Hurry up, you two and get into your crimson suits, now! After that, we'll unite as one!"
"I don't know what he means by that, but I'll take his word for it. Kicker, Transform!" Despite his injuries, Kicker manages to transform into his crimson red armor suit form.
"I agree. Rad, Transform!" added Rad and he too transforms into his crimson blue armor suit form.
"These humans are getting on my damn nerves!" grumbled Galvatron, while looking on in utter frustration.
Koji, Kicker and Rad are all in a form of a circle as they put their hands together in a Y formation. Koji's hand came first, second came Rad's and finally Kicker's as they all shouted in unison with these two shocking words: "Energon Fusion!"
"What the hell?" shouted Galvatron in shock.
As the Decepticon leader looks on in total disbelief, Koji, Rad and Kicker had become glowing orbs. Each of them were representing its crimson color and are lifted up high in the sky until the three glowing orbs fused together in a brilliant flash.
After the flash had ended for approximately three minutes, the unified orb begins to take shape into a single person as it lands slowly with a new and unified formation. Galvatron and everyone at the Autobot base were all in total amazement and somewhat speechless that this has just happened now.
The unified Energon soldier's features were eminence. Its armor was glowing brightly platinum, its protection pads were solid gold, its eyes were forest green and its hair was pure blue. Before the massive figure moved forward, he picked up the Energon Sabre and the sword itself became half platinum and half gold. His height became the exact same size of Galvatron's and it glares with a decent warning to him.
"Galvatron! Prepare to meet your maker and your defeat!" said the unified voices of Kicker, Koji and Rad from within.
A fierce battle between these two incredible fighters is about to commence.
End of Chapter 6