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Plot – Ever since confronting his resurrected father from his previous battle against the Decepticons, Koji believes that Galvatron and Cryotek coming after him again, if he still has the potential of controlling Fortress Maximus. Also, when Kicker shared the disturbing information to Optimus, Rodimus and Dr. Jones about Galvatron and Cryotek reviving two very familiar individuals, Misha was left terrified. Ga'Mede is practicing with Sally in the training facilities in order to become a fighter just like him, while T-Ai questions Koji about his newfound ability with M-Ai as his newfound battle partner. Dr. Jones speaks with Kicker by apologizing for mistreating him since he gained the ability to sense Energon whenever his hair turns brightly gold after it was given to him from Primus.
Chapter 32: Interventions
Inside the infirmary, Koji was placed on the bed after he caught himself a cold due to being dragged underwater by Bruticus the other day. During his sleep, he kept tossing and turning on the pillow as sweat begins to form on his forehead. His daydream begins.
(Koji's Daydream Begins)
Everything was pitch black. Koji kept on running from his archenemies that are in hot pursuit of him: Galvatron and Cryotek.
No matter where he turned to, it's always the same location and his fear began to fill up his heart. Minutes later, two loud evil laughters can be overheard and as Koji tries to cover his ears, the two Decepticon leaders reveal themselves in front of him. Looking on in horror, he starts running away from them and turns his head at them. "Stay away from me! I'm warning you two!" But much to his dismay, he tripped over his shoelaces and fell flat on his face.
Koji turns around to see Galvatron and Cryotek's hands coming in closer to grab him. His eyes were filled with panic and his mouth was completely open and dry. There was only one thing that he could do: scream. "NO!"
(Koji's Daydream Ends)
He quickly woke up from his dreadful nightmare, while seeing Alexis in her leg cast already sleeping peacefully and so was Artemis. He breathed very calmly and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He then placed his hands on his head. "The same dream, again." He sighed quietly. "If only my Dad wasn't gone, he would still help me out and not become the Decepticon's tool after being fully revived." A small sparkle of sadness was shown in his brown eyes. "I'm so sorry, Dad."
He immediately got out of bed and went into the washroom to doze himself off. After closing the door behind him, he turns on the sink with warm water and starts washing his face with his hands. He took a quick glance at himself in the mirror for a minute and washed himself again. But when he reached for a towel and dried himself off, the mirror showed a different image: his late father, Dr. Kenneth Onishi.
He freaked out and moved away from the mirror. After he rubbed his brown eyes and blinked twice, his reflection was back to normal. In return, he was seeing an illusion. He shook his head. "Aw, man. Why am I having these bad dreams? I'll have to tell Optimus about it. Maybe, he would know." He right away went back to bed and fell fast asleep. Much to his dismay, he's not the only one having trouble sleeping.
Over at Kicker's room with Misha, he too has been difficulties sleeping ever since he read the disturbing information that was given to him by M-Ai yesterday. That's where his daydream begins.
(Kicker's Daydream Begins)
Similar to Koji's dream, it was also dark. He kept calling anyone's names and find out as to where he is. "Hello? Is anyone there? Rodimus? Koji? Rad? Sally? M-Misha?" To his relief, though, he sees her in the far distance but not looking back at him. "Misha! Hey, Misha!"
But no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't reach her and was fading away from him. "Wh-Where you're going? Misha, come back here! Misha!" When he does caught up to her, he placed his hand on her shoulder and as she turned around, her eyes, face and even her body were filled with dark purple veins, along with the Decepticon insignia shown on her forehead. He completely freaked out upon seeing his girlfriend possibly under Galvatron and Cryotek's power once more. "Misha, no!" He starts backing away from her, but was quickly stopped by two unknown people from behind and as he slowly turned around with his body trembling with fear including his eyes, they grab him by the throat.
Tried as he might, Kicker was unable to break free from their grasp and before he knew what was going on, the ground began to open and it showed a deep hole. He turns his head slightly and became more frightened to see a pool full of Neo-Dark Energon boiling rapidly from down below. "No, please! Don't do it!"
They toss him down into the deep pool of Neo-Dark Energon and as soon as he reached to the bottom, he screamed in horror until he closed his eyes.
(Kicker's Daydream Ends)
When he woke up, he fell face down onto the floor. As he recuperated, he looked around and soon realizes that it was all just a really bad dream. He made a sigh of relief. "It...It was all just a dream."
He wasn't the only one that was awoke, so was Misha.
"Are you alright, Kicker?"
By turning around, he became very relieved to see his love interest not under the Decepticon's control. "Misha." Without thinking, he crawled back onto the bed and threw his arms around her neck. "Misha! Thank goodness."
A huge hint of redness was shown on her cheeks, regarding Kicker's sudden reaction. "Kicker, what's wrong?"
As he gazed into Misha's crystal blue eyes, he thought to himself for a moment and finally answered. "I'm getting the impression that Galvatron and Cryotek are using the Neo-Dark Energon to revive the people we lost by turning them into heartless fighters. I mean, first was Koji's father, then who else? It couldn't be anyone that we're familiar with."
Misha placed her hands to where her heart is and felt it. It was filled with heavy concern. She turns to him about the possibility of seeing someone she once knew. "You don't really think that it's..."
He interjects her by shaking his head in denial. "No, I refuse to believe it." By making a brief sigh, he replied. "Come on, let's go back to sleep." He pulls the blanket with her and they both smiled. Just as he was about to hit the sack, he feels Misha wrapping her arms around his muscular chest.
"Kicker."
"Y-Yeah?" he asked shyly.
"Thank you for thinking about me." Afterwards, she fell asleep.
When he sees her sleeping quietly, he smiled again and kissed her on the forehead before going back to sleep with her.
The next day, Koji (recovered from his cold) and Kicker both discussed to each other about their bad dreams from yesterday by sharing it with Optimus at the Main Computer System. Fortunately for them, both T-Ai and Misha are still asleep in their beds.
At the Main Computer System, not only was Optimus present, so were Dr. Jones and Rodimus.
"You both been having nightmares?" asked Optimus.
Koji and Kicker looked at each other for a brief moment and turned back to him by nodding their heads in unison.
"What's troubling you two?" added Rodimus. "Is it because of what Koji's new partner had read?"
Kicker answered. "That might be the case. When I read the information, it almost made my heart stop."
Dr. Jones could see the fear building inside his son and demands to know why. "Then, what's making you feel so afraid? You must tell us. We're always here to help."
With no other choice, he took a deep breath and revealed the harsh truth after biting his lip. "After M-Ai easily defeated Dr. Onishi, he gave her a piece of paper from his pocket and when she gave it to me, I-I couldn't believe it either. They're actually attempting to resurrect Misha's deceased parents."
"What did you say?!" cried Optimus.
Rodimus growled in anger. "They've crossed the line, again!"
Even Dr. Jones was left reeling in shock. "Oh, my god. This is insane."
That's when Koji piqued up. "Hold on. Remember when they revived my father? M-Ai said herself that he's nothing but a clone. Perhaps, it's the same with them."
"Can you really be certain about it? We can't tell Misha. If we do, she'll be really devastated" informed Kicker. "I'd suggest that she should stay out of it, by all means."
Unknown to Kicker and everybody else, Misha and T-Ai were walking to the Main Computer System and caught up with them when they overheard their conversation. They both stood against the wall.
"Any idea as to what they're discussing about, T-Ai?"
"I have no idea, Misha."
Back over to Optimus and the rest, he strongly accepted Kicker's suggestion. "Good thinking, Kicker. It would be best for her to remain here at Autobot HQ."
Kicker nodded. "I know, right? It would've been a lot of worse, if it happened to my Mom. But for Galvatron and Cryotek to resurrect my best friend's parents, they've gone way off the deep end! There's no way in hell that I would ever fight Misha's revived mother and father!"
The moment Kicker unveiled Galvatron and Cryotek's next plan of attempting to revive her dead parents, Misha's eyes were filled with pure horror and gasped in shock while covering her mouth. Unwilling to hear anymore of this, she heads back to Kicker's room crying. Thus, leaving T-Ai all by herself.
The former hologram gal also couldn't believe her eyes as she watches Misha sobbing all the way back to Kicker's room. "Goodness, me." She hung her head down. Just as she was about to go back to Koji's room, she accidentally bumped into Coby and Lori without even looking and fell down to the ground.
"Watch where you're going, T-Ai."
"We just saw Misha ran off crying. Why is she feeling so sad?"
T-Ai stood herself up and by brushing herself off, she formed a small huddle with them and told them about what she and Misha had overheard from Kicker and company. After she passed along the horrifying truth, both Coby and Lori were also very shocked.
"I-I don't know what to say."
"Me neither." As Lori glances at Coby, small tears were formed in her pure green eyes. Seconds later, she nestled her head on his chest and cried softly. "Why? Why are they doing this? This...This madness?"
All that Coby could do is stroke Lori's hair and comfort her.
Believing that they would be detected, T-Ai quickly notifies them. "Let's leave before Optimus or anyone else sees us."
Coby agrees with T-Ai's advice and went back to their respective rooms, just like Misha did.
Over at the infirmary, Artemis is resting after the Neo-Dark Energon was extracted from her body and being turned into a human. Inside, there stood Miranda, Noriko, Stella, Carlos, Bridget, Kelly and Bud are discussing about her heartfelt reunion, along with enjoying her special homemade cookies she recently baked.
Alexis is still recovering from her serious leg injury with her cast in bed, while Rad sat next to her.
"I have to admit that Kicker's Mom makes really good cookies."
"Indeed. It's too bad that Sally isn't here to enjoy it. By the way, where is she?"
Miranda replied. "I was told she is doing some training with Ga'Mede. Somehow, she's forming a connection with him." She smiled. "I never would've imagined her becoming a fighter, just like him and developing a unique bond."
"Oh, really? That's great. But what's even greater is that you're back here with us" said Carlos. "So, welcome back."
She nods her head slightly. "I really appreciate it."
Bridget looked at her wristwatch. She narrowed her eyes and turns to her partner, Kelly. "I think, it's time."
"You're right. We should return to our regular duties."
"Wait a minute. You mean that you're both leaving?" wondered Bud.
Everyone in the infirmary stood there in awestruck, regarding Bridget and Kelly parting ways from them.
"We both apologize but, we've stayed here long enough."
"This experience with all of you was great and it's time for us to resume our modelling career."
Noriko responded. "Well, best of luck to both of you and stay safe out there."
Bridget replied. "We most certainly will."
Just as the two women are about to make their departures, they hear Artemis starting to murmur.
As they all surround her, Artemis slowly opened her eyes and gazed at everyone staring at her. "Wh-What happened?" By raising her head up high, she rubbed her eyes. "And why am I in bed?"
"You fainted after becoming a human and the Neo-Dark Energon pulled from out of your body. That's how Dr. Jones and the boys managed to bring back his wife by combining their armor transformations" told Stella.
"Oh, I see." Artemis gazed at her hands and still can't believe that she's no longer a gynoid. "How will people accept me for what I am, right now? I'd be easily rejected." She buries her faces with her hands.
That's when Bridget came up with a very interesting proposition by snapping her fingers. "I've got an idea. Why not join me and Kelly as our latest model?"
"Eh?" cried Miranda, Noriko, Stella, Carlos, Rad, Alexis and Bud altogether.
"B-But, why?" thought Artemis.
"So, you wouldn't feel lonely anymore. If you accept our offer, you might become the most popular model" described Kelly with her advice.
Artemis thought to herself for a moment and visualized in her mind about being posed as a model. Her fans cheering and wanting her autograph, posing with her in a meet and greet session, appearing on numerous model magazine covers and getting her picture taken multiple times with her cheerful smile. As she shed tears of joy on her face, she turns to Bridget and Kelly. "I accept!"
"That didn't take long" said Bud.
Both Bridget and Kelly felt genuinely pleased of Artemis accept her new role as a model.
"Well, then. Let's get right on it."
"You all take care of yourselves." Kelly turns to Noriko. "And Noriko, send our regards to your son, Koji."
She nods her head in agreement.
They all headed outside and waved their goodbyes to them. In a surprise twist, Hauler requested to Optimus by tagging along with Bridget, Kelly and Artemis for the ride.
"Watch over them, Hauler" told Rad.
"Of course, I will. Hauler, Transform!" he transforms into his vehicle mode by opening the doors for the three women and as they went inside, they waved again to everyone as Hauler drives away with them and continue their modelling career with their newfound companion.
"Well, there goes another departure. First Koji's friends, then ours and now, those three women. What's next?" wondered Carlos, while he shrugged his shoulders.
While they figure out what their next motive is, back inside the training facilities, Ga'Mede is doing some physical training with Sally due to her inexperience as a fighter; in-spite of her bravery. He trained with her for a few hours until she was nearly exhausted.
"You're not half-bad for a woman. However, you lack skill and discipline on the battlefield" he said to her.
By taking several breaths and wiping the sweat from her forehead, she replied back. "I'm...I'm well aware of that. I've even been through the Energon wars against Unicron and the black hole incident after the sun's collapse. Yet, before that happened, we moved from Planet Cybertron back to Earth." She smiled. "Even though your training on me is rough, you seem to be a pretty chill guy."
"Do I look like a blue-haired boy named Cain from the Planet Feminia?" thought Ga'Mede to Sally.
She shook her head. "No, but does that planet still exist?"
He answered. "I'm afraid not. According to some intel, he has lived a new life with Akira and they've remained inseparable. In short, they're both filled with pride."
Sally sweat dropped, while twitching her lip. "Y-You mean...both of those men like each other? That's gross."
"Don't remind me. Unlike your hot-headed brother, I have more combat and weapon experience than he does." Just as he was about to resume his training with Sally, he sees Misha running down the hallway in sorrow. He narrowed his eyes. "What did you tell her, Kicker? You've got some serious explaining to do!"
"Hey, what's wrong?" she turns to his direction and didn't see anyone other T-Ai, Lori and Coby walking back to their dorms and much like Misha, they too were feeling miserable. "I wonder why they're feeling so upset. Do you think that it has to do with yesterday's incident involving Koji?"
"It could be. But whatever information that Kicker has received from Koji's revived father, it sounded very serious and disturbing. Aside from that, let us resume our training" he said to her.
"You bet!"
Meanwhile, Koji and Kicker are heading back to their respective rooms after they've shared the upsetting details surrounding the strong possibility of Galvatron and Cryotek resurrecting Misha's parents. Both had their hands in their pockets and their heads down.
"This is really getting out of control. I mean, they originally wanted me to control Fortress Maximus by using Neo-Dark Energon, then Ga'Mede shows up, T-Ai's dark clone is created and all of a sudden, they're using it to revive the people we've lost as heartless mercenaries like my dad." Koji immediately wipes the tears from his eyes and continued to walk down the hallway with Kicker.
"I'm with you until the very end. On the bright side, Rodimus managed to reformat Starscream's spark and Alexis couldn't be any happier. Still, it hasn't been an easy fight for us and the Autobots dealing with Galvatron and Cryotek." He noticed that Koji has stopped walking at midway and as he turns around, he became ecstatic to see his sister doing some training exercises with Ga'Mede from afar. "Well, how about that? She's already getting the hang of it."
"I know, right?" But as Koji turns to him, he immediately felt a shiver down his spine.
"What's the problem, now?" As Kicker is left wondering, Koji points to him that T-Ai is glaring back at Koji with a very stern look and demanding to see him in their room privately. "You'd better tell her about everything from what has happened recently."
"Y-You're talking about my...new Energon ability? Aw, nuts." He hung his head down in shame and walks to his room upon T-Ai waiting for him. When he does reach her, she grabs him by the collar and closes the door.
Kicker scratches his head in confusion. "What's gotten into her? Is it because of M-Ai? Probably." He then hears Ga'Mede calling out to him and as he whirled around, he's asked to be joined by them. He sighed. "Looks like they found out too. Oh, brother."
Immediately inside Koji's room, he's not only being joined by an irate T-Ai, but also Coby and Lori regarding his newfound Energon technique.
"Why are you so mad at me, T-Ai? Is it because of what happened back at the lake?"
"That's exactly my point, Koji. What's the meaning of having my dark duplicate as your battle partner?" she shouts.
Lori added with her anger. "Have you lost your damn mind?"
Koji felt very uneasy with their reaction and so, by taking a deep breath, he answered back. "Listen, I didn't lose my mind and do you recall when she sacrificed herself to save Kicker's life?"
T-Ai, Lori and Coby gazed at each other for a brief moment and as they traced back relating to M-Ai's demise, they all gasped in shock before Dr. Onishi's revival: she took the blow that was originally meant for Kicker after he suffered a major headache relating to the massive amount of Neo-Dark Energon surging through Dr. Onishi. Then, she transformed herself into a single orb after her original body was disintegrated.
"But, I thought that she was a goner. How did she travel all the way here?" asked T-Ai.
By shrugging his shoulders, Koji retorted. "Even I don't have a clue, either. When she arrived inside this room, she re-appeared as a mystified orb and told me about my revived father."
"And, what might that be?" thought Lori.
He answered to them. "He's nothing more than a copy."
"What?!" cried T-Ai, Lori and Coby in unison.
"Are you really sure about this? What if, she's lying?" wondered Coby.
Unable to confirm from his standpoint, he sighed and hung his head down in disappointment. "I suppose, it can't be helped." Much like from before, he crossed his arms in an X formation and shouted out his latest Energon technique. "Energon Partner Assist!"
The orb re-appeared from his body and it formed into his battle partner, M-Ai.
She makes a friendly salute with a warm smile. "M-Ai, reporting for duty. Huh?" To her surprise, she's being confronted by an angry T-Ai, Lori and Coby inside his room. She turns to Koji. "What's going on and why did you call me?"
He twiddled his fingers. "They all wanted to see you and your information about the Decepticons creating clones of our late family and friends with Neo-Dark Energon is actually true or not."
M-Ai blinked her eyes in confusion. By surveying his accomplices and being reformed with a new appearance, she replied. "Apparently, I AM telling the truth."
Lori, on the other hand, doesn't believe her. "You expect me to trust you after what you've done to Bud and myself in the past?" She folds her arms and turns away from her. "Over my dead body!"
"Well, someone's in a foul mood. If you're not honest with yourself, you might lose faith with the people you love" told M-Ai.
"Say, what?" says a startled Coby.
Even Lori felt so awfully surprised that she turned back to M-Ai with her arms unfolded.
T-Ai turns to Koji, regarding M-Ai's personality change. "Koji, what's gotten into her? Did something happen between you two?"
"Well, you see...". He does his best to explain to T-Ai, Lori and Coby about having M-Ai as his battle partner by starting over with a new attitude. After several minutes of his explanation towards M-Ai, they all stood there in disbelief. "And that's how it is. I'm really sorry for not telling you earlier." That's when he noticed his mother, Noriko resting on his bed. "Huh? How come my Mom is taking a nap?"
Lori rolled her eyes in disgust. "She actually fainted after seeing your resurrected father."
"That must've been a big shock to her." He frowned. "To have Galvatron and Cryotek resurrect our dead loved ones as their own personalized soldiers? This is way too much."
"Is there anything else that we need to know?" asked Coby curiously.
By gulping his throat down, Koji unveiled the same information from Kicker. "Just one. From what Kicker had said to Optimus and Rodimus, the Decepticons are secretly planning to revive two more people and they're...Misha's parents."
M-Ai narrowed her eyes at them with her arms crossed. "It's no joke. This is real."
Coby, Lori and T-Ai's eyes were widened in utter shock and much similar to how Misha felt, they also could feel their bodies frozen in fear.
Elsewhere, Ga'Mede starts questioning Kicker after both he and Sally saw Misha feeling very miserable.
"What did you do to her this time, Kicker? If it's about Stella, I'll grind you to dust!"
He shook his head in denial. "No, it's not!" Then, he paused and asked. "Wait a minute. You both saw her?"
"Of course, we did! We were busy training together until we saw her crying. Any ideas?" thought Sally.
That's when Kicker gasped in horror and his eyes were widened in disbelief. He soon realizes that she overheard his conversation with Optimus and the Autobots about the Decepticons' newest lackeys. "Oh, crap! Sh-She knows!"
"Spill it out, will you?! What was it that made her feel awfully upset, again?" asked Ga'Mede.
With sweat forming on his forehead and his throat running dry, he answered back to them. "Do you remember when they brought back Koji's father? They're willing to do same with Misha's parents as well."
Sally gasped in horror by covering her mouth, whereas Ga'Mede grunted in disbelief.
"I strongly advise you to console your girlfriend right now" he told him.
"If you insist."
Meanwhile, inside Kicker's dormitory, Misha cried really hard on the pillow right upon discovering the horrifying truth about the Decepticons resurrecting her late mother and father with Neo-Dark Energon and turning them into mindless soldiers.
"Why? Why, them?"
Just then, the corridors were opened and Kicker came inside to try and comfort her. "Misha?"
As soon as she lifted her head up from the pillow with hot tears in her blue eyes by turning around, there was a brief silence between them. It was right away broken by Misha leaping out of the bed and throwing her arms around his lower back, while she kept on weeping. "Kicker!"
"H-Hey! Calm down. What were you thinking by eavesdropping on my conversation with Optimus and Rodimus?" he asked her.
Although her eyes were still covered with tears, she replied. "I-I'm so sorry. But, I cannot believe that the Decepticons would do this!"
"It's very obvious that they're willing to enslave humanity with their Neo-Dark Energon and possibly do the same on Planet Cybertron" answered Kicker.
Misha starts pleading to him. "Please, Kicker! I beg of you not to fight them! It's not worth it!"
As he wipes the tears from her eyes, he placed his hands on her shoulders and retorted back. "Misha, we've deeply known each other ever since we came to Planet Cybertron and being back here on Earth. Since then, we've grown closer to one another regarding the Dark Energon, along with meeting Koji and the others."
"Kicker..." says Misha softly.
He continued. "It amazes me that much like myself, you've also gained a newfound ability by earning your armor transformation after what the Decepticons did to us. Moreover..." By narrowing his eyes at her, he unveils the actual truth about her revived parents by Galvatron and Cryotek with Neo-Dark Energon. "Their plans of resurrecting your deceased parents is just like what happened with Koji's father: they're also clones."
At that very moment, Misha's eyes were widened in shock. "S-Seriously, Kicker?"
With a simple nod, he pulls her closer and embraced her warmth by throwing his arms around her lower back. "I'm very serious, Misha."
Upon realizing that Kicker's theory about her parents being revived by the Decepticons as clones while looking into his brown eyes, she felt very relieved and made a faint smile on her pretty face.
During their touching moment, they're briefly interrupted by the sound of Dr. Jones' coughing.
"Ah-hem."
As they both looked up, they saw him waving back at them smiling and once they stared at each other for a brief second, they break off the hug with a small hint of redness on their faces.
Afterwards, Dr. Jones steps inside their dormitory. "Sorry for barging in like this but, there's something that I need to get off my chest."
"Huh? What's that?" thought Kicker by glancing at Misha and she shrugged her shoulders.
He answered as they all sat down together. "First off, I'm really proud of you two coming closer together and acting as partners with your swords. But, that's not why I'm here." He turns to Kicker. "I owe you a huge apology, son. Back when you were a child, you obtained the ability to sense Energon whenever your hair turns gold after you were discovered by Primus. I not only treated you as a tool but also dragged you from one world to another and locate stashes of Energon. Not only that, it was very wrong of me being oblivious of your developmental needs and that's when you began to resent me and the Autobots; along with being trapped in the vacuum of space by developing a fear of dark places and many other phobias. Overtime, you slowly began to put your trust into them and even with myself, because you really do care about me as my son and not some Energon detector. Right after the new sun had collapsed and the black hole threatening Planet Cybertron, I've decided to move back here on Earth and restart our lives."
Feeling awfully surprised of his dad's sudden confession, Kicker retorted. "Why didn't you tell me about this sooner rather than later? You could've just said so."
Dr. Jones continued. "It was when I acted as a substitute to Koji's father, during my fishing trip with him. The moment I glanced at his smiling face, he reminded me of you but much younger and when his life was in danger from Bruticus, I had to take action and save him from drowning. He thanked me for saving him and that's when I recalled my time as a father figure towards Misha after she lost her parents in a tragic car accident. If it wasn't for me, she wouldn't be sitting here next to you."
"Oh, dear" says Misha sadly.
By noticing her body language, Kicker wraps his arm around Misha's shoulder. "Don't feel so bad, Misha. You still have us." He smiles at her.
She smiles back at him in return and so did Dr. Jones.
Suddenly, the alarm went off loudly across the Autobot base and alerted everyone in their dorms. Then, a loud booming voice came from the loudspeakers and it was Rodimus.
"Attention! Everyone at the Main Computer System! Immediately!"
Now that everybody has been gathered, Rodimus and Optimus lays out the details to Kicker and company.
"We've just received a video from Galvatron and Cryotek, moments ago."
"And...it's exactly from what Kicker had pinpointed."
Misha clutched Kicker's arm and as he glances at her frightened expression, he turns back to them.
"Play the video."
Koji gasped with his mother standing next to him. "Are you sure about this?"
With a slight nod and remembering the small information that was given to him from M-Ai, Rodimus and Optimus activates the video that was sent to them by Galvatron and Cryotek.
It shows the two Decepticon leaders on the Viewing Monitor and located deep within the basement of the Decepticon base.
Galvatron: "Greetings, Autobots and especially you too, humans!"
Cryotek: "We're highly impressed that you've survived our challenge."
Galvatron: "However, reviving Dr. Onishi was only the beginning!"
Cryotek: "Our ultimate goal is not only conquering your miserable planet by resurrecting your dead friends, but also Cybertron and the entire universe with Neo-Dark Energon."
Galvatron: "Witness our latest additions to our ranks."
As they moved out of the way, it shows two stasis pods sitting right next to a pool of Neo-Dark Energon. At first glance, nothing seems to be happening. But, it all quickly changed when the revived Dr. Onishi stepped forth and with a snap of his fingers, the unthinkable had occurred.
Instead of opening the hatch, it was shattered by someone's fist punching right through from the first pod that was covered in dark purple veins and again from the second pod by another individual. As the unknown person began to resurface, it revealed itself on-screen followed by its accomplice and when that happened, everyone at the Autobot base that was witnessing this from the video sent by them are left frozen in horror.
The first was a tall man with dark brown hair and eyeglasses, wearing a dark tanned jacket with white sweater, grey pants and black shoes. The second was a tall young woman with long blonde hair wearing a light purple coat with dark blue sweater, a light blue skirt and dark red shoes. Much similar to Dr. Onishi, their hands, face and their entire bodies are also covered with Neo-Dark Energon, along with their eyes coloured dark purple.
Misha was more horrified than anyone else as she recognized those two people that have been fully revived as Galvatron and Cryotek's newest lackeys. "Oh, no! That's...That's my Mom and Dad!"
"What?!" cried Kicker as both himself and everybody look on feeling very frozen seeing the Decepticon leaders laugh menacingly together with their latest additions.
To Be Continued...
End of Chapter 32